Updating the past

The Establishment of the International Radiocarbon Data Base

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2575399
AutoresRenee Kra (autor de correspondencia)
Año1988
Volumen53
Número1
Páginas118-125
Fecha de publicación1988-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Antiquity (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/281158
OpenAlexW2322831405
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas31

Radiocarbon dates are essential to the understanding of chronological frameworks in many fields, but are particularly important in archaeology. An International Radiocarbon Data Base (IRDB) has been proposed to update and maintain a computerized, centralized, and standardized record of 14C data, on a global and inter-disciplinary scale, from which researchers may retrieve and utilize valuable data. Since 1985, planning conferences and workshops continue to address the issues of establishing the IRDB. The primary focus of these discussions has been the data-entry format and how to obtain continuing financial support

Archaeology · Cartography · Data science · Geography · Library science · Radiocarbon dating · Scale (ratio) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · History · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies