Dramatic shifts in atmospheric radiocarbon during the last glacial period

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ID3600129
AuthorsDavid A Richard (0000-0001-6694-7588, University of Bristol), J Warren Bec (University of Arizona)
Year2001
Volume75
Issue289
Pages482-485
Publication date2001-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00101590
OpenAlexW1760734513
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited8

Richards & Beck chose to illustrate this using the two Neanderthal samples from Vindija Cave, Croatia measured at Oxford. The resulting age ranges are in the order of 4000 years. Taking errors into account the resulting uncalibrated age ranges at 2 0 are over 1500 yearsenough to preclude any sophisticated use of the results. That the Vindija Neanderthals were some of the latest the earth ever saw remains true: I would push the data no further. This having been said, it is important to stress that it is not 14C pre-treatment and measurement that is at fault: a "date" is data and can be "corrected" in the future. For this reason I would stress to museum curators that the dating of precious samples from this period is still valid; no one will benefit from abandoning sampling

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Content (measure theory) · Geography · Glacial period · Period (music) · Physical geography · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · History · Mathematics · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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