When 14 C Dates Fall Beyond the Limits of Uncertainty

The aim of this article is to bring to light a serious problem affecting radiocarbon dates produced at least from 2009 onwards by the AMS Leibniz laboratory at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität (Kiel, Germany). Archaeological observations and cross-checkings between several laboratories confirm that in a significant number of dates, clear deviations of the results from chronological schemes based on stratigraphical sequences and hundreds of measurements have occurred, which usually implies an aging of the 14 C values

Absolute dating · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Geography · Mediterranean climate · Radiocarbon dating · Western europe · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology

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