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Radiocarbon : calibration and prehistory / edited by Trevor Watkins. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c1975. - vi, 147 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Six papers from a seminar held at Edinburgh University on March 9, 1974.

Bibliography: p. 144-147.

Calibration of C-14 dates : some remaining uncertainties and limitations / European dendrochronology and C-14 dating of timber / Irregularities in the dendrochronology calibration curve / An outsider's view of C-14 calibration / Correction procedures for C-14 dates / The implications of calibration / Conversion of standard C-14 dates to tree-ring calender years : comparative data -- Conversion of standard C-14 dates to tree-ring calender years -- Conversion of standard C-14 dates to calender years, based on the Egyptian historical curve -- The role of the archaeologist in C-14 age measurement / Handlist of radiocarbon laboratories / R. Burleigh -- J.M. Fletcher -- J.H. Ottaway -- A.M. Snodgrass -- H. McKerrell -- A. Fleming -- H. McKerrell -- D.D. Harkness -- T. Watkinds and D.D. Harkness. Appendix I : Conversion tables / Appendix II -- Appendix III --

Six papers from a seminar held at Edinburgh University on March 9, 1974.

ISBN: 0852242824 : £3.50

LCCN: ^^^76359230^//r92

Nat. Bib. No.: GB***

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Radiocarbon dating
Prehistoric peoples
Antiquities, Prehistoric

LC Class. No.: CC78.6 / .R3

Dewey Class. No.: 930/.1/0285