Publication Date:
2011-06-08
Description:
Wilmshurst et al. (1) proposed recent and rapid colonization of East Polynesia based on analysis of 1,434 radiocarbon determinations. We commend the development of rigorous and replicable radiocarbon protocols that emphasize accuracy and precision, but we found (i) inaccuracies in their originally published supplementary data table, (ii) problems with their criteria for exclusion and inclusion of valid colonization estimators (i.e., Class 1 dates), and (iii) biases in their statistical analysis.Our review of their originally published 207 Class 1 dates identified 112 incorrectly reported 14C laboratory numbers and 123 misreported conventional radiocarbon ages, with 110 of these reported as at least...
Keywords:
Letters
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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