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Janet Ambers

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ID1723864
NAMEJanet Ambers
GIVEN NAMESJanet
FAMILY NAMEAmbers
SIGNATUREAMBERS J
AFFILIATIONSBritish Museum
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS31
TOTAL CITATIONS146
WORKS AS AUTHOR31
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX7
  • Looted, Recovered, Returned

    Janet Ambers, Caroline Cartwright et al.•BOOK•Looted, recovered, returned•2014

  • The Manipulation of Social and Physical Identity in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic

    Open Access•Alexandra Fletcher, Jessica Pearson et al.•ARTICLE•Cambridge Archaeological Journal•2008•Cited by: 5

    Mortuary practices of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Near East have been identified with skull cult and ancestor worship, as a means of creating and eliminating social boundaries. Artificial cranial modification is recognized as related to these practices, but its incidence is under-recognized and the precise nature of its significance is rarely discussed. In this study a skull, not previously reported as artificially modified, was reassessed by radio…

  • Conference Participants

    Open Access•Michael Allen, Janet Ambers et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•2007

    From the 19th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Keble College, Oxford, England, April 3-7, 2006

  • Radiocarbon Measurements From the British Museum

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Sheridan Bowman•ARTICLE•Archaeometry•2003•References: 6

    Previous British Museum datelists were published as follows: BM-I: Radiocarbon, 1 (1959), 81–6BM-V: Radiocarbon, 10 (1968), 1–7 BM-II: Radiocarbon, 2 (1960), 26–30BM-VI: Radiocarbon, 11, 2 (1969), 278–94 BM-III: Radiocarbon, 3 (1961), 39–45BM-VII: Radiocarbon, 13, 2 (1971), 157–88 BM-IV: Radiocarbon, 5 (1963), 104–8BM-VIII: Radiocarbon, 18, 1 (1976), 16–42 BM-IX: Radiocarbon, 19, 2 (1977), 143–60BM-XVII: Radiocarbon, 26, 1 (1984), 59–74 BM-X: Rad…

  • Hidden Treasure from the Royal Cemetery at Ur

    Alexandra Irving, Janet Ambers•ARTICLE•Near Eastern Archaeology•2002•Cited by: 1

    Recent research has shed light on one of the most spectacular collections within the British Museum-the discoveries made by Sir Leonard Woolley at the Royal Cemetery of Ur. The city of Ur lies in southern Iraq and was excavated between 1922 and 1934. Its cemetery contained a group of extremely rich graves dating to around 2500 BCE. Fragile artifacts, such as bone, within these so-called Royal tombs were carefully preserved in wax to ensure their …

  • Radiocarbon Measurements From the British Museum

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Sheridan Bowman•ARTICLE•Archaeometry•1999•Cited by: 1•References: 34

    This list consists of dates obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene derived from archaeological samples and continues the publication of British Museum datelists in Archae- ometry, which started with datelist XXIV; British Museum datelists I to XXIII were published in the journal Radiocarbon (for details see 'References').The methods used were those described in datelist XXIV.Charcoal and grain samples were pretreated with 1 M HC1 fo…

  • Radiocarbon Measurements From the British Museum

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Sheridan Bowman•ARTICLE•Archaeometry•1998•Cited by: 5•References: 49

  • Metal Sources and the Bronzes From Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria

    Paul T Craddock, Paul Craddock et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Field Archaeology•1997•Cited by: 6•References: 20

    This paper reports on a brief survey of some old copper and lead workings along the Benue Rift in SE Nigeria. Samples of lead and copper ores collected from these were analyzed to determine their lead isotope ratios for comparison with lead isotope ratios obtained from the bronzes excavated at Igbo- Ukwu. At many of these locations small-scale workings are still in operation. The lead isotope ratios of a small selection of the bronzes suggest tha…

  • Conference Participants

    Open Access•Anita Aerts, Cees Alderliesten et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1997•Cited by: 1•References: 1

    From the 16th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Gronigen, Netherlands, June 16-20, 1997

  • Dating Grimes Graves

    Open Access•Janet Ambers•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1997•Cited by: 3•References: 11

    More radiocarbon analyses have been produced for the Neolithic flint mines of Grimes Graves than for any other site with which the British Museum's Radiocarbon Laboratory has been involved. Despite this heavy concentration of effort, a recent review of these figures concluded that poor sample selection, combined with a lack of sufficient quality assurance procedures, severely limit the use that can be made of this database. To overcome these diff…

  • Report

    Open Access•Bernd Kromer, Janet Ambers et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1996•Cited by: 7•References: 21

    Recently, in an intercomparison of the Hohenheim German oak chronology (Becker 1993) and the Göttingen chronology (Leuschner and Delorme 1988), an error was discovered in the former (Leuschner, in preparation). Due to an error in adding sections at 5241 bc, 41 yr are missing in the published Hohenheim chronology. After correction of the error, the two chronologies synchronize over their entire common length, back to 7200 bc

  • Redating Rams Hill and reconsidering Bronze Age enclosure

    Open Access•Stuart Needham, Janet Ambers•ARTICLE•Proceedings of the Prehistoric…•1994•Cited by: 8•References: 26

    A new set of radiocarbon measurements for the three phases of Bronze Age enclosure at Rams Hill allows refinement of their chronology. Phase 1 is radiocarbon dated for the first time and appears, contrary to previous indications, not to be very much earlier than phases 2 and 3. The dates are on carefully selected bone samples and give a rather later timespan overall than an earlier set of dates on charcoal, within the 13th–10th centuries cal BC. …

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XXIII

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Sheridan Bowman•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1994•Cited by: 3•References: 10

    The following list consists of dates for archaeological samples measured mostly between October 1989 and November 1990. Charcoal and grain samples were pretreated with 1M HC1 followed by washing in water and, in the majority of cases, with dilute alkali for the removal of humic acids. Wood samples were treated in the same way, or, if large enough, reduced to cellulose with chlorine dioxide produced in situ. Antler and bone samples were treated wi…

  • Radiocarbon Results for the British Beakers

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Sheridan Bowman et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1992•Cited by: 4•References: 13

    The beginning of the Bronze Age in the British Isles has traditionally been marked by the appearance, in the archaeological record, of Beaker assemblages, mainly characterized by the Beaker pottery form itself. Ceramic typologies based on this style, which is undoubtedly continental in origin, have been used both for relative dating and as evidence of the social and economic developments of the period. Systematic radiocarbon dating has been attem…

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XXII

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Keith Matthews et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1991•Cited by: 5•References: 13

    The following list consists of dates, obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene, for archaeologic samples mostly measured between June 1987 and October 1989. Charcoal and grain samples were pretreated with 1M HCl followed by washing in water and, where considered necessary, with dilute alkali for the removal of humic acids. Wood samples were treated either in the same way, or, where large enough, were reduced to cellulose by the action…

  • Participants

    Open Access•T Aitchison, Jacques Évin et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1990

    From the International Workshop on Intercomparison of Radiocarbon Laboratories

  • Radiocarbon Dates for Tell Brak, 1987

    Sheridan Bowman, S G E BOWMAN et al.•ARTICLE•Iraq•1989

    Four samples from Tell Brak were analysed for radiocarbon content at the British Museum Research Laboratory in 1987, with the results given below (Ambers et al., 1989). All results are quoted in the form recommended by Stuiver and Polach (1977) in uncalibrated years BP (before 1950) and corrected for measured δ13C variation. Calibrations are given based on 1σ error terms, following the curves of Pearson and Stuiver (1986) and Pearson et al. (1986…

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XXI

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Keith Matthews et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1989•Cited by: 7•References: 12

    The following list consists of dates obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene for archaeologic samples mostly measured between June 1986 and June 1987

  • Preliminary Statement on an Error in British Museum Radiocarbon Dates (BM-1700 to BM-2315)

    Open Access•M S Tite, Sheridan Bowman et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1988•Cited by: 4

    A systematic error has been identified in radiocarbon measurements run in the British Museum laboratory between approximately mid 1980 and the end of 1984, when all dating was halted for a number of months. The measurements potentially affected have numbers between about BM- 1700 and BM-2315, and correspond roughly to date lists XV to XIX pub- lished in Radiocarbon. The error is systematic, giving dates that are too young by varying amounts: some…

  • The Street House Wossit

    Open Access•B E Vyner, Blaise Vyner et al.•ARTICLE•Proceedings of the Prehistoric…•1988•Cited by: 8•References: 15

    As part of a continuing programme of assessment and investigation of prehistoric activity in the coastal area of E Cleveland, Cleveland County Archaeology Section excavated an insubstantial and enigmatic monument which had a ritual use continuing from the late Neolithic into the early Bronze Age

  • Stable carbon isotope ratios and their relevance to the determination of accurate radiocarbon dates for lime mortars

    Open Access•Janet Ambers•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science•1987•Cited by: 16

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XIX

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Richard Burleigh et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1987•Cited by: 4•References: 11

    The following list consists of dates for archaeologic samples mostly measured from June 1984 to June 1985. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed as suggested by Stuiver and Polach (1977), ie , in 14 C years relative to AD 1950, based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and corrected for isot…

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XX

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Keith Matthews et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1987•Cited by: 7•References: 7

    The following list consists of dates, obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene, for archaeologic samples mostly measured from June 1985 to June 1986

  • Preliminary statement on an error in British Museum radiocarbon dates (BM-1700 to BM-2315)

    Open Access•M S Tite, G E Bowman et al.•ARTICLE•Antiquity•1987•Cited by: 8

    An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content

  • Detection of Bias in the Background of Vials Used for Radiocarbon Dating

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Morven Leese et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1986•Cited by: 4•References: 4

    Inter-vial variation in background of the glass vials used in liquid scintillation counting can introduce appreciable errors into 14 C measurements. Our aim was to measure the background in each of 50 glass vials, under the same conditions as far as possible, in order to find a self-consistent set for use in 14 C dating. The criteria, statistical tests, and possible errors introduced by not making such checks are discussed

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  • Stable carbon isotope ratios and their relevance to the determination of accurate radiocarbon dates for lime mortars

    Open Access•Janet Ambers•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science•1987•Cited by: 16

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XIV

    Open Access•Richard Burleigh, Keith Matthews et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1982•Cited by: 14•References: 30

    The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and some geologic samples, mostly measured from January 1978 to December 1979. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). The dates are expressed in radiocarbon years relative to ad 1950 based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and are corrected for isotopic fra…

  • Redating Rams Hill and reconsidering Bronze Age enclosure

    Open Access•Stuart Needham, Janet Ambers•ARTICLE•Proceedings of the Prehistoric…•1994•Cited by: 8•References: 26

    A new set of radiocarbon measurements for the three phases of Bronze Age enclosure at Rams Hill allows refinement of their chronology. Phase 1 is radiocarbon dated for the first time and appears, contrary to previous indications, not to be very much earlier than phases 2 and 3. The dates are on carefully selected bone samples and give a rather later timespan overall than an earlier set of dates on charcoal, within the 13th–10th centuries cal BC. …

  • The Street House Wossit

    Open Access•B E Vyner, Blaise Vyner et al.•ARTICLE•Proceedings of the Prehistoric…•1988•Cited by: 8•References: 15

    As part of a continuing programme of assessment and investigation of prehistoric activity in the coastal area of E Cleveland, Cleveland County Archaeology Section excavated an insubstantial and enigmatic monument which had a ritual use continuing from the late Neolithic into the early Bronze Age

  • Preliminary statement on an error in British Museum radiocarbon dates (BM-1700 to BM-2315)

    Open Access•M S Tite, G E Bowman et al.•ARTICLE•Antiquity•1987•Cited by: 8

    An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XV

    Open Access•Richard Burleigh, Janet Ambers et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1982•Cited by: 8•References: 26

    The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and geologic samples mostly measured over the period from January 1980 to June 1981. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16)

  • Report

    Open Access•Bernd Kromer, Janet Ambers et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1996•Cited by: 7•References: 21

    Recently, in an intercomparison of the Hohenheim German oak chronology (Becker 1993) and the Göttingen chronology (Leuschner and Delorme 1988), an error was discovered in the former (Leuschner, in preparation). Due to an error in adding sections at 5241 bc, 41 yr are missing in the published Hohenheim chronology. After correction of the error, the two chronologies synchronize over their entire common length, back to 7200 bc

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XXI

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Keith Matthews et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1989•Cited by: 7•References: 12

    The following list consists of dates obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene for archaeologic samples mostly measured between June 1986 and June 1987

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XX

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Keith Matthews et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1987•Cited by: 7•References: 7

    The following list consists of dates, obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene, for archaeologic samples mostly measured from June 1985 to June 1986

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XVI

    Open Access•Richard Burleigh, Janet Ambers et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1983•Cited by: 7•References: 9

    The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and geologic samples mostly measured from June 1981 to June 1982. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed in radiocarbon years relative to ad 1950 based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and are corrected for isotopic fractionation (δ 13 …

  • Metal Sources and the Bronzes From Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria

    Paul T Craddock, Paul Craddock et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Field Archaeology•1997•Cited by: 6•References: 20

    This paper reports on a brief survey of some old copper and lead workings along the Benue Rift in SE Nigeria. Samples of lead and copper ores collected from these were analyzed to determine their lead isotope ratios for comparison with lead isotope ratios obtained from the bronzes excavated at Igbo- Ukwu. At many of these locations small-scale workings are still in operation. The lead isotope ratios of a small selection of the bronzes suggest tha…

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XII

    Open Access•Richard Burleigh, Keith Matthews et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1981•Cited by: 6•References: 1

    The following list consists entirely of dates for archaeologic samples from the British Isles, mainly measured over the period from May 1979 to June 1980 1 . The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16)

  • The Manipulation of Social and Physical Identity in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic

    Open Access•Alexandra Fletcher, Jessica Pearson et al.•ARTICLE•Cambridge Archaeological Journal•2008•Cited by: 5

    Mortuary practices of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Near East have been identified with skull cult and ancestor worship, as a means of creating and eliminating social boundaries. Artificial cranial modification is recognized as related to these practices, but its incidence is under-recognized and the precise nature of its significance is rarely discussed. In this study a skull, not previously reported as artificially modified, was reassessed by radio…

  • Radiocarbon Measurements From the British Museum

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Sheridan Bowman•ARTICLE•Archaeometry•1998•Cited by: 5•References: 49

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XXII

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Keith Matthews et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1991•Cited by: 5•References: 13

    The following list consists of dates, obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene, for archaeologic samples mostly measured between June 1987 and October 1989. Charcoal and grain samples were pretreated with 1M HCl followed by washing in water and, where considered necessary, with dilute alkali for the removal of humic acids. Wood samples were treated either in the same way, or, where large enough, were reduced to cellulose by the action…

  • Radiocarbon Results for the British Beakers

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Sheridan Bowman et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1992•Cited by: 4•References: 13

    The beginning of the Bronze Age in the British Isles has traditionally been marked by the appearance, in the archaeological record, of Beaker assemblages, mainly characterized by the Beaker pottery form itself. Ceramic typologies based on this style, which is undoubtedly continental in origin, have been used both for relative dating and as evidence of the social and economic developments of the period. Systematic radiocarbon dating has been attem…

  • Preliminary Statement on an Error in British Museum Radiocarbon Dates (BM-1700 to BM-2315)

    Open Access•M S Tite, Sheridan Bowman et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1988•Cited by: 4

    A systematic error has been identified in radiocarbon measurements run in the British Museum laboratory between approximately mid 1980 and the end of 1984, when all dating was halted for a number of months. The measurements potentially affected have numbers between about BM- 1700 and BM-2315, and correspond roughly to date lists XV to XIX pub- lished in Radiocarbon. The error is systematic, giving dates that are too young by varying amounts: some…

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XIX

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Richard Burleigh et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1987•Cited by: 4•References: 11

    The following list consists of dates for archaeologic samples mostly measured from June 1984 to June 1985. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed as suggested by Stuiver and Polach (1977), ie , in 14 C years relative to AD 1950, based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and corrected for isot…

  • Detection of Bias in the Background of Vials Used for Radiocarbon Dating

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Morven Leese et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1986•Cited by: 4•References: 4

    Inter-vial variation in background of the glass vials used in liquid scintillation counting can introduce appreciable errors into 14 C measurements. Our aim was to measure the background in each of 50 glass vials, under the same conditions as far as possible, in order to find a self-consistent set for use in 14 C dating. The criteria, statistical tests, and possible errors introduced by not making such checks are discussed

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XVII

    Open Access•Richard Burleigh, Janet Ambers et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1984•Cited by: 4•References: 7

    The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and geologic samples mostly measured from June 1982 to June 1983. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed in radiocarbon years relative to ad 1950 based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and are corrected for isotopic fractionation (δ 13 …

  • Dating Grimes Graves

    Open Access•Janet Ambers•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1997•Cited by: 3•References: 11

    More radiocarbon analyses have been produced for the Neolithic flint mines of Grimes Graves than for any other site with which the British Museum's Radiocarbon Laboratory has been involved. Despite this heavy concentration of effort, a recent review of these figures concluded that poor sample selection, combined with a lack of sufficient quality assurance procedures, severely limit the use that can be made of this database. To overcome these diff…

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XXIII

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Sheridan Bowman•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1994•Cited by: 3•References: 10

    The following list consists of dates for archaeological samples measured mostly between October 1989 and November 1990. Charcoal and grain samples were pretreated with 1M HC1 followed by washing in water and, in the majority of cases, with dilute alkali for the removal of humic acids. Wood samples were treated in the same way, or, if large enough, reduced to cellulose with chlorine dioxide produced in situ. Antler and bone samples were treated wi…

  • Hidden Treasure from the Royal Cemetery at Ur

    Alexandra Irving, Janet Ambers•ARTICLE•Near Eastern Archaeology•2002•Cited by: 1

    Recent research has shed light on one of the most spectacular collections within the British Museum-the discoveries made by Sir Leonard Woolley at the Royal Cemetery of Ur. The city of Ur lies in southern Iraq and was excavated between 1922 and 1934. Its cemetery contained a group of extremely rich graves dating to around 2500 BCE. Fragile artifacts, such as bone, within these so-called Royal tombs were carefully preserved in wax to ensure their …

  • Radiocarbon Measurements From the British Museum

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Sheridan Bowman•ARTICLE•Archaeometry•1999•Cited by: 1•References: 34

    This list consists of dates obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene derived from archaeological samples and continues the publication of British Museum datelists in Archae- ometry, which started with datelist XXIV; British Museum datelists I to XXIII were published in the journal Radiocarbon (for details see 'References').The methods used were those described in datelist XXIV.Charcoal and grain samples were pretreated with 1 M HC1 fo…

  • Conference Participants

    Open Access•Anita Aerts, Cees Alderliesten et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1997•Cited by: 1•References: 1

    From the 16th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Gronigen, Netherlands, June 16-20, 1997

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XII

    Open Access•Richard Burleigh, Keith Matthews et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1981•Cited by: 6•References: 1

    The following list consists entirely of dates for archaeologic samples from the British Isles, mainly measured over the period from May 1979 to June 1980 1 . The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16)

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XV

    Open Access•Richard Burleigh, Janet Ambers et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1982•Cited by: 8•References: 26

    The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and geologic samples mostly measured over the period from January 1980 to June 1981. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16)

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XIV

    Open Access•Richard Burleigh, Keith Matthews et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1982•Cited by: 14•References: 30

    The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and some geologic samples, mostly measured from January 1978 to December 1979. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). The dates are expressed in radiocarbon years relative to ad 1950 based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and are corrected for isotopic fra…

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XVI

    Open Access•Richard Burleigh, Janet Ambers et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1983•Cited by: 7•References: 9

    The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and geologic samples mostly measured from June 1981 to June 1982. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed in radiocarbon years relative to ad 1950 based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and are corrected for isotopic fractionation (δ 13 …

  • Excavations at The Church of All Saints' Brixworth, Northamptonshire 1981–2

    Michel Audouy, J Evans et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of the British…•1984

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XVII

    Open Access•Richard Burleigh, Janet Ambers et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1984•Cited by: 4•References: 7

    The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and geologic samples mostly measured from June 1982 to June 1983. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed in radiocarbon years relative to ad 1950 based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and are corrected for isotopic fractionation (δ 13 …

  • Detection of Bias in the Background of Vials Used for Radiocarbon Dating

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Morven Leese et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1986•Cited by: 4•References: 4

    Inter-vial variation in background of the glass vials used in liquid scintillation counting can introduce appreciable errors into 14 C measurements. Our aim was to measure the background in each of 50 glass vials, under the same conditions as far as possible, in order to find a self-consistent set for use in 14 C dating. The criteria, statistical tests, and possible errors introduced by not making such checks are discussed

  • Stable carbon isotope ratios and their relevance to the determination of accurate radiocarbon dates for lime mortars

    Open Access•Janet Ambers•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science•1987•Cited by: 16

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XIX

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Richard Burleigh et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1987•Cited by: 4•References: 11

    The following list consists of dates for archaeologic samples mostly measured from June 1984 to June 1985. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed as suggested by Stuiver and Polach (1977), ie , in 14 C years relative to AD 1950, based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and corrected for isot…

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XX

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Keith Matthews et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1987•Cited by: 7•References: 7

    The following list consists of dates, obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene, for archaeologic samples mostly measured from June 1985 to June 1986

  • Preliminary statement on an error in British Museum radiocarbon dates (BM-1700 to BM-2315)

    Open Access•M S Tite, G E Bowman et al.•ARTICLE•Antiquity•1987•Cited by: 8

    An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content

  • Preliminary Statement on an Error in British Museum Radiocarbon Dates (BM-1700 to BM-2315)

    Open Access•M S Tite, Sheridan Bowman et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1988•Cited by: 4

    A systematic error has been identified in radiocarbon measurements run in the British Museum laboratory between approximately mid 1980 and the end of 1984, when all dating was halted for a number of months. The measurements potentially affected have numbers between about BM- 1700 and BM-2315, and correspond roughly to date lists XV to XIX pub- lished in Radiocarbon. The error is systematic, giving dates that are too young by varying amounts: some…

  • The Street House Wossit

    Open Access•B E Vyner, Blaise Vyner et al.•ARTICLE•Proceedings of the Prehistoric…•1988•Cited by: 8•References: 15

    As part of a continuing programme of assessment and investigation of prehistoric activity in the coastal area of E Cleveland, Cleveland County Archaeology Section excavated an insubstantial and enigmatic monument which had a ritual use continuing from the late Neolithic into the early Bronze Age

  • Radiocarbon Dates for Tell Brak, 1987

    Sheridan Bowman, S G E BOWMAN et al.•ARTICLE•Iraq•1989

    Four samples from Tell Brak were analysed for radiocarbon content at the British Museum Research Laboratory in 1987, with the results given below (Ambers et al., 1989). All results are quoted in the form recommended by Stuiver and Polach (1977) in uncalibrated years BP (before 1950) and corrected for measured δ13C variation. Calibrations are given based on 1σ error terms, following the curves of Pearson and Stuiver (1986) and Pearson et al. (1986…

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XXI

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Keith Matthews et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1989•Cited by: 7•References: 12

    The following list consists of dates obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene for archaeologic samples mostly measured between June 1986 and June 1987

  • Participants

    Open Access•T Aitchison, Jacques Évin et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1990

    From the International Workshop on Intercomparison of Radiocarbon Laboratories

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XXII

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Keith Matthews et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1991•Cited by: 5•References: 13

    The following list consists of dates, obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene, for archaeologic samples mostly measured between June 1987 and October 1989. Charcoal and grain samples were pretreated with 1M HCl followed by washing in water and, where considered necessary, with dilute alkali for the removal of humic acids. Wood samples were treated either in the same way, or, where large enough, were reduced to cellulose by the action…

  • Radiocarbon Results for the British Beakers

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Sheridan Bowman et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1992•Cited by: 4•References: 13

    The beginning of the Bronze Age in the British Isles has traditionally been marked by the appearance, in the archaeological record, of Beaker assemblages, mainly characterized by the Beaker pottery form itself. Ceramic typologies based on this style, which is undoubtedly continental in origin, have been used both for relative dating and as evidence of the social and economic developments of the period. Systematic radiocarbon dating has been attem…

  • Redating Rams Hill and reconsidering Bronze Age enclosure

    Open Access•Stuart Needham, Janet Ambers•ARTICLE•Proceedings of the Prehistoric…•1994•Cited by: 8•References: 26

    A new set of radiocarbon measurements for the three phases of Bronze Age enclosure at Rams Hill allows refinement of their chronology. Phase 1 is radiocarbon dated for the first time and appears, contrary to previous indications, not to be very much earlier than phases 2 and 3. The dates are on carefully selected bone samples and give a rather later timespan overall than an earlier set of dates on charcoal, within the 13th–10th centuries cal BC. …

  • British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XXIII

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Sheridan Bowman•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1994•Cited by: 3•References: 10

    The following list consists of dates for archaeological samples measured mostly between October 1989 and November 1990. Charcoal and grain samples were pretreated with 1M HC1 followed by washing in water and, in the majority of cases, with dilute alkali for the removal of humic acids. Wood samples were treated in the same way, or, if large enough, reduced to cellulose with chlorine dioxide produced in situ. Antler and bone samples were treated wi…

  • Report

    Open Access•Bernd Kromer, Janet Ambers et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1996•Cited by: 7•References: 21

    Recently, in an intercomparison of the Hohenheim German oak chronology (Becker 1993) and the Göttingen chronology (Leuschner and Delorme 1988), an error was discovered in the former (Leuschner, in preparation). Due to an error in adding sections at 5241 bc, 41 yr are missing in the published Hohenheim chronology. After correction of the error, the two chronologies synchronize over their entire common length, back to 7200 bc

  • Metal Sources and the Bronzes From Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria

    Paul T Craddock, Paul Craddock et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Field Archaeology•1997•Cited by: 6•References: 20

    This paper reports on a brief survey of some old copper and lead workings along the Benue Rift in SE Nigeria. Samples of lead and copper ores collected from these were analyzed to determine their lead isotope ratios for comparison with lead isotope ratios obtained from the bronzes excavated at Igbo- Ukwu. At many of these locations small-scale workings are still in operation. The lead isotope ratios of a small selection of the bronzes suggest tha…

  • Conference Participants

    Open Access•Anita Aerts, Cees Alderliesten et al.•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1997•Cited by: 1•References: 1

    From the 16th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Gronigen, Netherlands, June 16-20, 1997

  • Dating Grimes Graves

    Open Access•Janet Ambers•ARTICLE•Radiocarbon•1997•Cited by: 3•References: 11

    More radiocarbon analyses have been produced for the Neolithic flint mines of Grimes Graves than for any other site with which the British Museum's Radiocarbon Laboratory has been involved. Despite this heavy concentration of effort, a recent review of these figures concluded that poor sample selection, combined with a lack of sufficient quality assurance procedures, severely limit the use that can be made of this database. To overcome these diff…

  • Radiocarbon Measurements From the British Museum

    Open Access•Janet Ambers, Sheridan Bowman•ARTICLE•Archaeometry•1998•Cited by: 5•References: 49

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