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‘Wiggle Matching’ Radiocarbon Dates

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Bronk Ramsey, C, van der Plicht, J, Weninger, B·2001·Radiocarbon

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This paper covers three different methods of matching radiocarbon dates to the ‘wiggles’ of the calibration curve in those situations where the age difference between the 14 C dates is known. These methods are most often applied to tree-ring sequences. The simplest approach is to use a classical Chi-squared fit of the 14 C data to the 14 C curve. This gives the calendar date where the data fit best and allows tests of how good the fit is. The only drawback of this method is that it is difficult to ascertain the uncertainty in the date found in this way. An extension of this technique uses a Monte-Carlo simulation to sample possible 14 C concentrations consistent with the measurement made and for each of these possibilities performs a Chi-squared fit. This method yields a distribution of values in the calendrical time-scale, from which the overall dating uncertainty can be derived. A third, rather different approach, based on Bayesian statistics, calculates the relative likelihood of each possible calendar year fit. This can then be used to calculate a range of most likely dates in a similar way to the probability method of 14 C calibration. The theories underlying all three methods are discussed in this paper and a comparison made for the fitting of specific model sequences. All three methods are found to give consistent results and the application of any one of them depends on the nature of the scientific question being addressed.

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  1. Weninger, 1997, Monte Carlo wiggle matching. Zur statistischen auswertung der mittelneolithischen 14C-daten von Hasselsweiler 2, Inden 3, and Inden 1, Archäologische Berichte, 8, 91
  2. Jöris, 2000, Radiocarbon calibration and the absolute chronology of the late glacial, L'Europe Centrale et Septentrionale au Tardiglacaire-Memoires du Musee de Prehistoire d'Ile de France, 7, 19
  3. Bronk Ramsey, 1994, Analysis of chronological information and radiocarbon calibration: the program OxCal, Archaeological Computing Newsletter, 41, 11

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Authors
Bronk Ramsey, C., van der Plicht, J., & Weninger, B.
Affiliations
University of Cologne (DE)
Venue
Radiocarbon
Published
2001
Volume
43
Issue
2A
Pages
381-389
ISSN
  • 0033-8222 (ISSN-L)
  • 1945-5755
OpenAlex
W2112825244
Cited by
432
References
19
Citations by year
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FWCI
5.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Radiocarbon (publishedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona) (acceptedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Archeology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Tree-ring climate responses
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Keywords
wiggle matching, radiocarbon calibration, calibration curve, Monte Carlo simulation, Bayesian dating, dating uncertainty, probabilistic methods

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