Analysis of the 39 Oxidizable Carbon Ratio Dates from Mound A, Mound B, and the Village Area at the Calvin Davis or Morse Mounds Site (41SY27)

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ID11380490
AuthorsDouglas Frink (OCR Carbon Dating, Inc., Essex Junction, Vermont, corresponding author), Timothy K Perttula (0000-0002-0799-1332, Archeological & Environmental Consultants, Austin, Texas)
Year2001
Volume22
Issue2
Pages143-160
Publication date2001-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNorth American Archaeologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0197-6931 • E-ISSN: 1541-3543
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/0rrr-ng3h-xcbt-v7e6
OpenAlexW2329461114
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited17

We discuss the analysis of 39 Oxidizable Carbon Ratio (OCR) dates obtained from the Late Caddoan Morse Mounds site (41SY27), in the far eastern part of the state of Texas. This is one of the largest OCR dating studies completed in Northeast Texas. We also considered how soils behave as living, open systems and provide a brief introduction to the OCR Carbon Dating procedure. Data from close-interval sampling of the soil column describe the soil's physiology and provide a spatial and temporal context for evaluating the accuracy of the OCR Carbon Dating procedure in independently establishing the age of this archeological site

Archaeology · Carbon fibers · Context (archaeology · Geography · Morse code · Radiocarbon dating · Sampling (signal processing · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Natural History · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Mathematics · Geology

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