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Interpreting Radiocarbon Dates Using Evidence from Tree Rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Alex Bayliss  and
Ian Tyers
Alex Bayliss*
Affiliation:
English Heritage, 23 Savile Row, London, W1S 2ET, United Kingdom
Ian Tyers
Affiliation:
English Heritage, 23 Savile Row, London, W1S 2ET, United Kingdom
*
Corresponding author. Email: alex.bayliss@english-heritage.org.uk.
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Abstract

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Often it is not possible to date a sample of wood from the final growth ring of the tree from which it came. In these cases, an “old-wood offset” is apparent. A number of quantitative approaches for the assessment of this offset are available, dependent on the actual tree rings that have been dated. A range of examples are given, demonstrating how such radiocarbon measurements can be interpreted using additional information from archaeology and dendrochronology.

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Part II
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Radiocarbon , Volume 46 , Issue 2: Proceedings of the 18th International Radiocarbon Conference (Part 2 of 2), Conference Editors: Nancy Beavan Athfield, Rodger J Sparks , 2004 , pp. 957 - 964
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