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An illustrated guide to measuring radiocarbon from archaeological samples

Alex Bayliss1, Gerry McCormac2 and Hans van der Plicht3

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Radiocarbon dating has been central to the construction of archaeological chronologies for over 50 years. The archaeological, scientific and (increasingly) statistical methods for interpreting radiocarbon measurements to produce these chronologies have become ever more sophisticated. The accurate measurement of the radiocarbon content of an archaeological sample is, and always has been, fundamental to any interpretation. This article provides an overview of the different approaches adopted for measuring radiocarbon from archaeological samples by laboratories at the start of the 21st century.


PACS

91.80.+d Geochronology

07.75.+h Mass spectrometers

Subjects

Instrumentation and measurement

Environmental and Earth science

Dates

Issue 2 (March 2004)

Received 14 October 2003



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