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2015, Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 40: On-Line Book Reviews
AIP Conference Proceedings 1852, 060006 (2017); doi: 10.1063/1.4984870 (Theme issue: L. Trache and D. G. Ghiță (eds), Exotic Nuclei and Nuclear/Particle Astrophysics (VI). Physics with Small Accelerators. Proceedings of the Carpathian Summer School of Physics 2016 (CSSP16))
Radiocarbon Dating in Archaeology: Interdisciplinary aspects and consequences (An overview)2017 •
OPEN ACCESS of full text at: http://aip.scitation.org/toc/apc/1852/1. Abstract. This paper is an overview of recent developments in the radiocarbon dating of the most frequently analyzed archaeological materials – wood, short-lived plants, and human and animal bones – and draws attention to two sets of consequences. Firstly, while radiocarbon dating has become more accessible to archaeologists thanks to an increase in the number of laboratories, a lowering of prices, and a reduction in sample sizes, it has also grown far more dependent on fields of research, other than the traditional chemical pretreatment of samples and the physics involved in their measurement, such as wood anatomy and other fields of botany, stable isotope-based diet studies, geochemistry, micromorphology, statistics, etc., most of which are not easily accessible by the vast majority of users of radiocarbon dating (and sometimes not familiar to practicing archaeologists). Secondly, given that, on the one hand, there is still much scope for research in radiocarbon dating and, on the other, archaeological sites are a limited resource, there is need to create archives containing the detailed documentation of samples and, whenever possible, sample residues.
Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology
Radiocarbon Dating: A Summary1951 •
The Preceding discussions have considered the radiocarbon dates in relation to a number of archaeological, geological, and palynological problems. It remains to consider the endeavor as a whole, and to reach some conclusions concerning its present and future value and usefulness. Of primary importance is a consideration of what the dates mean. Basic to this is an understanding of the statistics involved. At the request of the Committee, Arnold, who has been intimately associated with the project, has kindly contributed the following explanatory paragraphs:It seems worth while to review briefly the physical…
Data Journeys in the Sciences
Radiocarbon Dating in Archaeology: Triangulation and Traceability2020 •
When radiocarbon dating techniques were applied to archaeological material in the 1950s they were hailed as a revolution. At last archaeologists could construct absolute chronologies anchored in temporal data backed by immutable laws of physics. This would make it possible to mobilize archaeological data across regions and time-periods on a global scale, rendering obsolete the local and relative chronologies on which archaeologists had long relied. As profound as the impact of 14C dating has been, it has had a long and tortuous history now described as proceeding through three revolutions, each of which addresses distinct challenges of capturing, processing and packaging radiogenic data for use in resolving chronological puzzles with which archaeologists has long wrestled. In practice, mobilizing radiogenic data for archaeological use is a hard-won achievement; it involves multiple transformations that, at each step of the way, depend upon a diverse array of technical expertise and ...
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Sixty years ago, the advent of radiocarbon dating rewrote archaeological chronologies around the world. Forty years ago, the advent of calibration signaled the death knell of the diffusionism that had been the mainstay of archaeological thought for a century. Since then, the revolution has continued, as the extent of calibration has been extended ever further back and as the range of material that can be dated has been expanded. Now a new revolution beckons, one that could allow archaeology to engage in historical debate and usher in an entirely new kind of (pre)history. This paper focuses on more than a decade of experience in utilizing Bayesian approaches routinely for the interpretation of14C dates in English archaeology, discussing both the practicalities of implementing these methods and their potential for changing archaeological thinking.
The radiocarbon dating method was developed by Willard Frank Libby and his team at the University of Chicago between 1946 and 1960, when Libby was awarded the Nobel Prize. My paper will frame the birth and early use of this method through the analysis of three aspects: the historical and political context in which it is rooted, the notion of time embedded in the method, and the academic implications of its use. By means of this analysis I will provide an example of the bidirectional influx of technology and society on one another, while showing the importance of contextual analysis for the understanding of archaeological methods.
Journal of Archaeological Science
Introduction to the Frison Institute Symposium on radiocarbon dating applications2014 •
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The inception of the radiocarbon dating method in 1949 was immediately supported by many archaeologists. In the following 2 decades, many important archaeological sites in the Old World were dated, marking the beginning of building a reliable chronological framework for prehistoric and early historic cultural complexes worldwide. The author presents an observation of some of the most important results in establishing a chronology for Old World archaeology, based on14C dating performed in the last 50 yr. An extensive bibliography should help scholars to get acquainted with early summaries on archaeological chronologies based on14C data and their evaluation, as well as with some recent examples of the application of14C dating in Old World archaeology.
Journal of Archaeological Science 30: 1685–1693
Palaeolithic radiocarbon chronology: quantifying our confidence beyond two half-lives.2003 •
Autoreprésentations et représentations culturelles en Europe
Who Needs Remote Control? Social Diversity in the Early Nucleation of Northern Italy (POST-PRINT)2024 •
In Centro IV
A Note on a “Newly-Identified” Type of a Roman Cooking Pot from the Coastal Plain and the Shephelah Regions2024 •
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in Mantikê: Studies in Ancient Divination eds. S.I. Johnston and P.T. Struck (Leiden 2005) 283-306.
Delphi and the DeadProceedings of the 13th international conference on Ubiquitous computing
On the limitations of query obfuscation techniques for location privacy2011 •
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Planning and designing livable recreational open spaces in developing countries. Insights from Souk Ahras City, Algeria
Planning and designing livable recreational open spaces in developing countries. Insights from Souk Ahras City, Algeria2024 •
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
Near-infrared-responsive, superparamagnetic Au@Co nanochains2017 •
Vascular Health and Risk Management
Factors Associated with Hypertension Among Adults: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Indonesian Family Life Survey2023 •
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