No Systematic Early Bias to Mediterranean 14C Ages: Radiocarbon Measurements from Tree-Ring and Air Samples Provide Tight Limits to Age Offsets

Existing data and theory do not support a recent assertion that upwelling of old carbon has led to systematically 100–300 yr too old radiocarbon ages for the Mediterranean region. Similarly, the prehistoric tree-ring record produced over 3 decades by the Aegean Dendrochronology Project is shown to p...

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Published inRadiocarbon Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 739 - 754
Main Authors Manning, Sturt W, Barbetti, Mike, Kromer, Bernd, Ian Kuniholm, Peter, Levin, Ingeborg, Newton, Maryanne W, Reimer, Paula J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, US Cambridge University Press 2002
University of Arizona
Subjects
Dating
Excavation and methods
Laboratory methods
Methodology and general studies
Notes & Comments
Prehistory and protohistory
Bronze Age
Mediterranean
Aegean Sea
Asia
Africa
Egypt
Measurement
Climatology
Radiocarbon
Comparison
Environment
Calibration
Method
Interpretation
Variation
Dating
Dendrochronology
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Summary:Existing data and theory do not support a recent assertion that upwelling of old carbon has led to systematically 100–300 yr too old radiocarbon ages for the Mediterranean region. Similarly, the prehistoric tree-ring record produced over 3 decades by the Aegean Dendrochronology Project is shown to provide robust, well-replicated data, contrary to a recent unfounded assertion. 14C and dendrochronology provide an accurate and precise chronometric framework for the Mediterranean region.
ISSN:0033-8222
1945-5755
DOI:10.1017/S0033822200032197