期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 115, 期 24, 页码 6141-6146出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1719420115
关键词
radiocarbon; calibration; radiocarbon offsets; southern Levant; archaeology
资金
- National Science Foundation [BCS 1219315]
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council, Canada via the CRANE project, University of Toronto [895-2011-1026]
- College of Arts & Sciences and the Department of Classics, Cornell University
Considerable work has gone into developing high-precision radiocarbon (C-14) chronologies for the southern Levant region during the Late Bronze to Iron Age/early Biblical periods (similar to 1200-600 BC), but there has been little consideration whether the current standard Northern Hemisphere C-14 calibration curve (IntCal13) is appropriate for this region. We measured C-14 ages of calendar-dated tree rings from AD 1610 to 1940 from southern Jordan to investigate contemporary C-14 levels and to compare these with IntCal13. Our data reveal an average offset of similar to 19 C-14 years, but, more interestingly, this offset seems to vary in importance through time. While relatively small, such an offset has substantial relevance to high-resolution 14C chronologies for the southern Levant, both archaeological and paleo-environmental. For example, reconsidering two published studies, we find differences, on average, of 60% between the 95.4% probability ranges determined from IntCal13 versus those approximately allowing for the observed offset pattern. Such differences affect, and even potentially undermine, several current archaeological and historical positions and controversies.
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