Advances and results in radiocarbon dating

Early man in America

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3919016
AutoresRainer Berger (University of California, Los Angeles, autor de correspondencia)
Año1975
Volumen7
Número2
Páginas174-184
Fecha de publicación1975-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWorld Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00438243.1975.9979631
PMID16470965
OpenAlexW2083916258
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas16

In the early days of radiocarbon dating bone samples were found to provide often specious dates when the calcium carbonate content of bone was utilized, since it is subject to exchange reactions with ground water carbonate. With the development of collagen‐based radiocarbon dating, a number of avenues of research opened up, one of which led to the dating of a number of fossil human remains found in Southern California. Dates for Laguna woman (17,150) years and Los Angeles Man (23,000) point to a much earlier presence of early man in America than had been thought. Moreover, independent amino acid racemization dates support these data

Absolute dating · Archaeology · Before Present · Carbonate · Geography · Holocene · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Geology · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Paleontology