Preliminary statement on an error in British Museum radiocarbon dates (BM-1700 to BM-2315)
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The 19 earlier dates from the British Museum laboratory are among those measured during a period for which a systematic uncertainty has been identified, which affects their reliability.
“Unfortunately, these 19 dates are among those measured in the British Museum laboratory during a period for which a systematic uncertainty has been identified, which affects their reliability (Tite et a1.1987;Bowman, Ambers and Leese 1990).”
From Tell Es-Sultan (Jericho): Radiocarbon Results of Short-Lived Cereal and Multiyear Charcoal Samples from the End of the Middle Bronze Age (1995) · cites this paper as Tite et al. 1987
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Bruins, H. J., & Van Der Plight, J. (1995) · Radiocarbon · doi:10.1017/s0033822200030666 · Cited by 29 · see citing works
- Authors
- Tite, M. S., Bowman, S. G. E., Ambers, J. C., & Matthews, K. J.
- Affiliations
- British Museum (GB)
- Venue
- Antiquity
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1987-07
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 232
- Pages
- 168-168
- ISSN
- 0003-598X (ISSN-L)
- 1745-1744
- OpenAlex
- W2464936043
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2021: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 4.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Antiquity (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
- Keywords
- radiocarbon dating, British Museum collection, dating errors, museum objects, radiocarbon chronology
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