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Radiocarbon Calibration Data for the 6th to the 8th Millennia BC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Bernd Kromer,
Monika Rhein,
Michael Bruns,
Hildegard Schoch-Fischer,
Karl Otto Münnich,
Minze Stuiver and
Bernd Becker
Bernd Kromer
Affiliation:
Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg, West Germany
Monika Rhein
Affiliation:
Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg, West Germany
Michael Bruns
Affiliation:
Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg, West Germany
Hildegard Schoch-Fischer
Affiliation:
Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg, West Germany
Karl Otto Münnich
Affiliation:
Institut für Umweltphysik, Universität Heidelberg, West Germany
Minze Stuiver
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
Bernd Becker
Affiliation:
Botanisches Institut, Universität Hohenheim, West Germany
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Abstract

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14C calibration curves derived from South German oak tree-ring series are presented. They cover the interval between 4400 and 7200 BC complementing existing data sets and extending them to older periods. The atmospheric 14C level before 6200 BC no longer follows the long-term sinusoidal trend fitted to the bristlecone data. This observation is supported by a tentative match of the Main 9 series.

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Research Article
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Radiocarbon , Volume 28 , Issue 2B , 1986, pp. 954 - 960
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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