Radiocarbon Dating and the Protection of Cultural Heritage

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9244865
AutoresI Hajdas (0000-0003-2373-2725), A J T Jull (0000-0002-4079-4947), Éric Huysecom (0000-0003-4205-0914), Anne Mayor (0000-0002-3665-1804), Marc-André Renold, Hans-Arno Synal, Christine Hatté (0000-0002-7086-2672), Wan Hong (0000-0003-1691-4723), David Chivall (0000-0003-4961-3847), Lucile Beck (0000-0002-8718-6818), Lucia Liccioli (0000-0001-7609-6641), Mariaelena Fedi (0000-0003-2658-8378), Ronny Friedrich (0000-0001-5199-1957), Francesco Maspero (0000-0002-7600-007X), Tiberiu Sava (0000-0002-5136-0749)
Ano2019
Volume61
Fascículo5
Páginas1133-1134
Data de publicação2019-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRadiocarbon (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-8222 • E-ISSN: 1945-5755
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/rdc.2019.100
OpenAlexW2972205183
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas3

The modern antiquities market uses radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating to screen for forged objects. Although this fact shows the potential and power of the method, the circumstances where it is applied can be questionable and call for our attention. Here we present an outline of a call to radiocarbon laboratories for due diligence and best practice approaches to the analysis of antique objects requested by non-research clients

Antique · Archaeology · Diligence · Radiocarbon dating · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Psychology · Geology