Wiggle-match radiocarbon dating of the Taupo eruption [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 The Taupo eruption 1 deposit is an isochronous marker bed that spans much of New Zealand’s North Island and predates human arrival2. Holdaway et al.3 (HDK18 hereafter) propose that the current Taupo eruption date is inaccurate, and that the eruption ...
Alan G. Hogg +11 more
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Pre–treatment method to avoid contamination for radiocarbon dating of organic–rich coastal deposits [PDF]
MethodsX, 2022 : Establishing an accurate chronology for coastal sediment profiles using radiocarbon dating has been a challenging task for scientists around the world.
Qiang Yao, Kam-biu Liu, Erika Rodrigues
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Radiocarbon as a Dating Tool and Tracer in Paleoceanography
Reviews of Geophysics, 2022 Radiocarbon is an extremely useful carbon cycle tracer and radiometric dating tool. Here, we review the main principles and challenges involved in the use of radiocarbon in paleoceanography.
Luke C Skinner, Édouard Bard
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Radiocarbon dating of lead white: novel application in the study of polychrome sculpture [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Recently, radiocarbon dating underwent considerable technological advances allowing unprecedented sample size downscaling. These achievements introduced novel opportunities in dating cultural heritage objects.
Sara Sá +3 more
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Integrated multi-analytical screening approach for reliable radiocarbon dating of ancient mortars [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Radiocarbon dating of the carbonate binder of historical mortars is a strategic research topic not lacking in complexities. The critical step is the separation of anthropogenic CaCO3-binder from other carbonate sources that could severely affect the ...
Giulia Ricci +10 more
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Uncovering modern paint forgeries by radiocarbon dating. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2019 Significance Can radiocarbon (14C) dating uncover modern forgeries? Radiocarbon dating has the potential to answer the question of when an artwork was created, by providing a time frame of the material used.
Hendriks L +9 more
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Pretreatment and gaseous radiocarbon dating of 40-100 mg archaeological bone. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 Radiocarbon dating archaeological bone typically requires 300–1000 mg material using standard protocols. We report the results of reducing sample size at both the pretreatment and 14C measurement stages for eight archaeological bones spanning the ...
Fewlass H +6 more
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Compound-specific radiocarbon dating and mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Pleistocene hominin from Salkhit Mongolia. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2019 A skullcap found in the Salkhit Valley in northeast Mongolia is, to our knowledge, the only Pleistocene hominin fossil found in the country. It was initially described as an individual with possible archaic affinities, but its ancestry has been debated ...
Devièse T +12 more
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A combined method for DNA analysis and radiocarbon dating from a single sample. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2018 Current protocols for ancient DNA and radiocarbon analysis of ancient bones and teeth call for multiple destructive samplings of a given specimen, thereby increasing the extent of undesirable damage to precious archaeological material.
Korlević P, Talamo S, Meyer M.
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Statistical and Proactive Analysis of an Inter-Laboratory Comparison: The Radiocarbon Dating of the Shroud of Turin [PDF]
Entropy, 2020 We review the sampling and results of the radiocarbon dating of the archaeological cloth known as the Shroud of Turin, in the light of recent statistical analyses of both published and raw data.
Paolo Di Lazzaro +5 more
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