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Radiocarbon dating : an archaeological perspective /
"This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor's seminal book Radiocarbon Dating: An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments of the 14C method in archaeology and analyzes factors that affect the accuracy and precision of 14C-based age estimate...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Walnut Creek, California :
Left Coast Press, Inc.,
[2014]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Basic elements. Fundamentals ; Assumptions ; Conventions and definitions ; Radiocarbon cycle ; Prominent applications scientific and historic
- Major anomalies. Assumption anomalies ; Systemic elements : secular variation effects ; Systemic elements : reservoir effects ; Contamination and fractionation effects ; Recent and anthropogenic anomalies
- Samples and sample pretreatment. Major issues ; Standard samples ; Nonstandard samples ; Problematic samples ; Sample pretreatment strategies ; Sample amounts and associated data
- Measurement of natural radiocarbon. Radioactivity ; Radioactivity measurement instruments ; Measuring natural radiocarbon ; Decay/Beta counting systems ; Direct/ion counting systems : accelerator mass spectometry ; Radiocarbon age calculations ; Statistical constraints
- Critical evaluation of radiocarbon data. General principles ; Sample provenience factors ; Sample composition factors ; Statistical and experimental factors ; Systemic factors ; Radiocarbon age estimates : critical evaluations ; Case study I: Shroud of Turin
- Radiocarbon dating in Old World archaeology. The demise of the Neanderthals and early modern humans ; The colonization of Sahul (New Guinea and Australia) ; The emergence of pottery in hunting and gathering societies in East Asia ; The origins of agriculture in Western Asia ; The impact of the "8200 cal BP Cold Event" on prehistoric societies in the Near East ; Case Study II: Santorini eruption and its archaeological implications ; Case Study III: King David and the Iron Age chronological debate
- Radiocarbon dating in New World archaeology. Orbe Novo ; Pre-14C chronologies ; Paleoamerican ; Eastern North America ; Western North America ; Case study IV: Kennewick skeleton (USA) ; Southwestern United States ; Mesoamerica ; South America ; Case study V: Monte Verde (Chile)
- Radiocarbon dating : origin and evolution. Discovery of radiocarbon ; Libby at Berkeley : 1927-1941 ; Libby at the Manhattan Project : 1941-1945 ; Libby at Chicago : 1945-1954 ; Critical experments and developments : 1946-1948 ; Dating unknown age samples ; Radiocarbon dating comes of age ; AMS origins and initial development ; Arnold and Anderson post-14C scientific careers
- Radiocarbon dating : guide to bibliographic sources. General issues ; Bibliographies ; Reviews and summaries ; The Journal Radiocarbon ; Databases ; Conferences ; Calibration.