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14C Record and Wiggle-Match Placement for the Anatolian (Gordion Area) Juniper Tree-Ring Chronology ~1729 to 751 Cal BC, and Typical Aegean/Anatolian (Growing Season Related) Regional 14C Offset Assessment

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Manning, Sturt W, Kromer, Bernd, Bronk Ramsey, Christopher, Pearson, Charlotte L, Talamo, Sahra, Trano, Nicole, Watkins, Jennifer D·2010·Radiocarbon

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The East Mediterranean Radiocarbon (inter-)Comparison Project (EMRCP) has measured the 14C ages of a number of sets of tree rings from the Gordion Area dendrochronology from central Anatolia at the Heidelberg Radiocarbon Laboratory. In several cases, multiple measurements were made over a period from the 1980s to 2009. This paper presents the final data set from this work (128 high-precision measurements), and considers (i) the relationship of these data against the standard Northern Hemisphere 14C calibration data set (IntCal09), and (ii) the optimum calendar dating of this floating tree-ring record on the basis of the final set of high-precision 14C data. It finds good agreement between the Anatolian data and IntCal09 in some important intervals (e.g. ∼1729 to 1350 cal BC) and observes one period (9th–8th centuries BC) where there appears to be some indication of a regional/growing season signal, and another period (later 14th–13th centuries BC) where IntCal09 may not best reflect the real 14C record. The scale of the typical growing-season-related regional 14C offset (ΔR) between the Aegean/Anatolian region and IntCal09 is also assessed (for the mid-2nd millennium BC and mid-2nd millennium AD), and found to be usually minor (at times where there are no major additional forcing factors and/or issues with the IntCal09 data set): of the order of 2–4 ± 2–4 yr.

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  • Additional data included in IntCal13 reduce somewhat small discrepancies noted previously with respect to the Gordion dataset.

    “additional data included in IntCal13 reduce somewhat small discrepancies noted previously with respect to the Gordion dataset [40, 65].”

    From Integrated Tree-Ring-Radiocarbon High-Resolution Timeframe to Resolve Earlier Second Millennium BCE Mesopotamian Chronology (2016) · cites this paper as [40]

    The section “Comparison of the Gordion 14 C Time Series Versus IntCal09” (page unavailable) reports discrepancies between the Gordion data and IntCal09, including outliers and an offset. It does not assess IntCal13 or show that additional data reduced those discrepancies. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Radiocarbon measurements on wood from Turkish pine usually show no apparent offset in the periods of reversals and plateaus in the 14C calibration record identified in the Jordanian juniper time series (~1685 to 1762 CE and 1818 to 1912 CE).

    “Radiocarbon measurements on wood from these trees (19, 27) thus usually show no apparent offset in the periods of reversals and plateaus in the 14C calibration record that were identified in the Jordanian juniper time series (~1685 to 1762 CE and 1818 to 1912 CE) (Fig. 1A) (18).”

    From Mediterranean radiocarbon offsets and calendar dates for prehistory (2020) · cites this paper as [27]

    The Aegean offset section (Figure 13 and Table 7; page unavailable) reports Turkish-pine measurements from AD 1300–1800 and a very small overall offset from IntCal09. This supports the general point and covers 1685–1762, but the paper does not measure the 1818–1912 interval or assess the specified Jordanian-juniper reversals and plateaus. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • The GOR juniper chronology can be near-absolutely dated via 14C "wiggle matching," with the midpoint of the first dated tree ring block placed ~3686 cal B.P. (1737 BCE) versus IntCal04 and IntCal98, or 1 year earlier against IntCal13.

    “The latter can be near-absolutely dated via 14C “wiggle matching” (39) (with instances of dates on the very same tree rings combined as weighted averages), with the midpoint of the first dated tree ring block placed ~3686 cal B.P. (1737 BCE) versus IntCal04 and IntCal98 (Fig. 1B) (27) or 1 year earlier against IntCal13.”

    From Mediterranean radiocarbon offsets and calendar dates for prehistory (2020) · cites this paper as [27]

    The comparison section reports wiggle-match runs placing the midpoint of the first dated block (ring 776.5) at 1737 BCE against IntCal04 and, in one run, IntCal98. The Conclusions support near-absolute dating but give the paper’s preferred placement as about 1729 BCE; the earlier full-series fits had poor agreement. Our copy does not report an IntCal13 comparison or its claimed one-year shift. Page numbers are not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • A tree-ring time series of seven weighted average OxA AMS 14C dates on an oak sample from Miletus in low-elevation western Anatolia offers a close fit to the LLGPC-source IntCal curve, with an OxCal ΔR 0,10 value versus IntCal09 of 4.0 ± 8.3 14C years.

    “A tree-ring time series comprising seven weighted average OxA AMS 14C dates on an oak sample from Miletus in low-elevation western Anatolia offers a close fit to the LLGPC-source IntCal curve (27), with an OxCal ΔR 0,10 value versus IntCal09 (μ ± σ) of only 4.0 ± 8.3 14C years.”

    From Mediterranean radiocarbon offsets and calendar dates for prehistory (2020) · cites this paper as [27]

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  • The Gordion Juniperus spp. chronology is well-established and near-absolutely placed in time.

    “The Gordion (GOR) Juniperus spp. chronology is likewise well-established and near-absolutely placed in time [22, 23, 31, 40, 41].”

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Authors
Manning, S. W., Kromer, B., Bronk Ramsey, C., Pearson, C. L., Talamo, S., Trano, N., & Watkins, J. D.
Affiliations
  • Cornell University (US)
  • Curt Engelhorn Centre Archaeometry (DE)
  • Max Planck Society (DE)
Corresponding author
Manning, Sturt W
Venue
Radiocarbon
Published
2010
Volume
52
Issue
4
Pages
1571-1597
ISSN
  • 0033-8222 (ISSN-L)
  • 1945-5755
OpenAlex
W150228915
Cited by
35
References
9
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FWCI
2.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Radiocarbon (publishedVersion)
  • UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona) (acceptedVersion)
  • Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna) (submittedVersion)
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Institute for Aegean Prehistory
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › 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
Gordion, Anatolia, radiocarbon calibration, wiggle matching, floating chronology, Aegean Sea, 2nd millennium BC

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