Radiocarbon Wiggle-Matching of Japanese Historical Materials with a Possible Systematic Age Offset

Progress in radiocarbon accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) techniques enables much more access to wiggle-matching techniques for high-precision 14C dating with relatively low costs than before. Recently, we have applied wiggle-matching for a number of wood samples where dendrochronology is difficult because of various limitations imposed for dendro-dating. In most cases, wiggle-matching gave rather unambiguous calendar ages, but we found that in some cases the calibrated date was very sensitive to a systematic error of the 14C date. Here, we present a wooden artifact from the Ujishigai archaeological site as a case where the highest wiggle-matched date did not agree with the date given by dendrochronology. An age with lower probability agreed with the tree-ring age of AD 389, which marked the beginning of the production of Sue ware (unglazed stoneware) in Japan. We show that systematic errors must be carefully taken into account while interpreting 14C wiggle-matching results, whether they are due to instrumental errors (statistical) or due to a regional offset from the IntCal04 (Reimer et al. 2004) calibration curve.

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Radiocarbon in 9th to 5th Century BC Tree-Ring Samples from the Ouban 1 Archaeological Site, Hiroshima, Japan

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/s0033822200042405 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 49 (2) ◽

pp. 473-479 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Hiromasa Ozaki ◽

Mineo Imamura ◽

Hiroyuki Matsuzaki ◽

Takumi Mitsutani

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Tree Ring ◽

Calibration Curve ◽

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽

Wood Sample ◽

Archaeological Site ◽

Short Term ◽

Statistical Errors ◽

Term Fluctuation

In order to investigate the regional atmospheric radiocarbon offset, accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) 14C measurements were made on 5-yr increments of a Japanese wood sample dendrochronologically dated to 820–436 BC. The 14C data from the Japanese tree-ring samples were compared with the IntCal04 calibration curve (Reimer et al. 2004). In most parts, the differences between IntCal04 and 14C dates in the Japanese tree-ring samples were within experimental statistical errors. At around 680 BC, however, significant differences of up to 100 14C yr were observed. These differences may indicate either regional offsets in Japan or the short-term fluctuation of a subdecadal timescale in atmospheric 14C variations.

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Reconstructing the Chronology of the House XVII-XVIII Complex at Umm el-Jimal, East Jordan: Radiocarbon Dates of Organic Inclusions of Architectural Mortars

Radiocarbon ◽

10.2458/56.16945 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 56 (1) ◽

pp. 245-256 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Khaled Al-Bashaireh

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽

Archaeological Site ◽

Housing Demand ◽

Radiocarbon Dates ◽

Archaeological Data ◽

Lime Mortars ◽

Byzantine Period

This article presents accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dates of organic inclusions of cement materials from the House XVII-XVIII Complex located in the Umm el-Jimal archaeological site, east Jordan, aiming at refining the unclear chronology of the house. Fine straws and small fragments of charcoal uncovered from preserved architectural lime mortars and plasters were dated without carrying out extensive excavations. The results indicate that the house most probably was initially plastered or built during the middle of the Byzantine period. The results agree with the historical and archaeological data indicating that Umm el-Jimal flourished during this period; therefore, it is probable that the house was established during this time to meet the housing demand for the increased number of its population.

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Cazadores recolectores tempranos, supervivencia de fauna del pleistoceno (equus sp. y glyptodon sp.) y tecnologia lítica durante el holoceno temprano en la frontera Uruguay-Brasil

Revista de Arqueologia ◽

10.24885/sab.v23i2.298 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 20-39 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Rafael Suárez ◽

Guaciara M. Santos

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Mass Spectrometry ◽

South America ◽

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽

Lithic Technology ◽

Archaeological Site ◽

Human Adaptation ◽

14C Age ◽

Lithic Artifacts ◽

In The Beginning

On this paper we show records of Pleistocene fauna from the archaeological site of PayPaso 1, located near of the Quarai River. On this site we recovered two extinct species, Equus sp. (ancient horse) e Glyptodon sp. (giant armadillo), direct associated with lithic artifacts. Our results indicate that these extinct mammals lived in the beginning of the Holocene (9,600 – 9,100 years 14C BP), based on nine 14C age results obtained by AMS (Accelerator Mass Spectrometry) measurements. In this work, these results are compared with others in South America. Human adaptation, lithic technology, Pleistocene fauna extinction and climate change at the transition between Pleistocene-Holocene are also discussed.

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Building the Radiocarbon Chronology for the Archaeological Site Ufa-II, Bashkortostan, Russia: Is this the Elusive “Bashkort” of Medieval Sources?

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/s0033822200048189 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 55 (3) ◽

pp. 1278-1285

Author(s):

Vladimir A Levchenko ◽

Flarit A Sungatov

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽

Archaeological Site ◽

Radiocarbon Dates ◽

Site Occupation ◽

Radiocarbon Chronology ◽

First Time ◽

Good Agreement

A suite of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dates for the Ufa-II archaeological site in Bashkortostan, Russia, is obtained for the first time. Dating was done on charcoal samples from a sequence of cultural deposits collected during the 2011 digging season. An age-depth chronology is established using the Bayesian deposition General Outlier P_Sequence model. The oldest age for the site at the horizon immediately over the sterile ground was cal AD 137–237 (68% probability), corresponding to the beginning of site occupation. The youngest 14C date found was late 6th to early 7th century cal AD for the extensive planked boardwalks unearthed at the site. The 14C dates are in good agreement with archaeological determinations based on discovered artifacts.

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Radiocarbon Calibration for Japanese Wood Samples

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/s0033822200032410 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 81-89 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Minoru Sakamoto ◽

Mineo Imamura ◽

Johannes Van der Plicht ◽

Takumi Mitsutani ◽

Makoto Sahara

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

North America ◽

Tree Ring ◽

Calibration Curve ◽

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽

The Difference ◽

Radiocarbon Calibration

The radiocarbon content of Japanese cedars was measured by accelerator mass spectrometry for decadal tree-ring samples from the period of 240 BC to AD 900. Conventional gas counting was also used for part of the samples. The data were compared with the INTCAL98 calibration curve (Stuiver et al. 1998). The results indicate that the difference in atmospheric 14C between Japan and North America or Europe is negligible at this period, less than 18 14C yr using an average of 50 yr. However, in the period of about AD 100 to about AD 200, we cannot exclude the possibility of a deviation of the order of 30 to 40 14C yr to the older ages.

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Marine Turtle Bones from an Archaeological Site in Polynesia Yield Reliable Age Determinations

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/s0033822200040133 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 143-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

T S Dye

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Sample Size ◽

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽

South Pacific ◽

Archaeological Site ◽

Marine Turtle ◽

Long Distance ◽

Marine Turtles ◽

Ams Dating ◽

Age Determinations

Accelerator mass spectrometry dating of three 50g samples of marine turtle bone from the basal cultural stratum of the Tongoleleka archaeological site, Lifuka Island, Kingdom of Tonga, South Pacific yields results that agree with conventional 14C dates on marine shell. A method for calibrating these dates that takes into account the long distance migrations of marine turtles in the South Pacific is proposed. A sample size greater than 50g is recommended for routine AMS dating of marine turtle bone.

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Problems in the Extension of the Radiocarbon Calibration Curve (10–13 kyr BP)

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/s0033822200014818 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 75-79 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Irena Hajdas ◽

Susan D. Ivy-Ochs ◽

Georges Bonani

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Time Scales ◽

Calibration Curve ◽

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽

Radiocarbon Dating ◽

Late Glacial ◽

Varved Lake Sediments ◽

Ams Dating ◽

Varve Counting ◽

Radiocarbon Calibration

Radiocarbon dating of varved lake sediments shows that, during the Late Glacial (10–12 kyr bp), the offset between the 14C and the absolute time scales was ca. 1 kyr. Varve counting and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dating were used to build absolute and 14C time scales of sediments from two lakes—Soppensee, Switzerland and Holzmaar, Germany. The resulting chronologies extend back to ca. 12.9 kyr cal bp (12.1 kyr bp) in the case of Soppensee and to ca. 13.8 kyr cal BP (12.6 kyr bp) in the Holzmaar record. They compare well with each other but differ significantly from the 14C-U/Th chronology of corals (Bard et al. 1993; Edwards et al. 1993).

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NEW AMS 14C DATES OF A MULTICULTURAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE FROM THE PALEO-DELTAIC REGION OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA: CULTURAL AND GEO-ARCHAEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/rdc.2021.111 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Nabanita Naskar ◽

Kaushik Gangopadhyay ◽

Susanta Lahiri ◽

Punarbasu Chaudhuri ◽

Rajveer Sharma ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽

Late Holocene ◽

West Bengal ◽

Archaeological Site ◽

Humid Tropics ◽

Age Dating ◽

New Delhi ◽

Absolute Age ◽

Calendar Dates

ABSTRACT This study is on the absolute age dating of a multicultural site of Erenda, East Medinipur district, in coastal West Bengal, India. Charcoal samples were collected and measured using the accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) facility at the Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, India. These samples were collected from secured stratigraphic context of two excavated trenches. A careful collection of samples from two trenches provided us with the first calendar dates, 950 BCE and 1979 BCE, of protohistoric sites in coastal West Bengal. These calibrated calendar dates not only have wider significance in terms of archaeology but also methodological implications to understand the relevance of application of AMS from the dynamic coastal landscape in the humid tropics during the late Holocene period.

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14C Dating of the Upper Paleolithic Site at Krems-Hundssteig in Lower Austria

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/s0033822200043332 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

E M Wild ◽

C Neugebauer-Maresch ◽

T Einwögerer ◽

P Stadler ◽

P Steier ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽

Archaeological Site ◽

Upper Paleolithic ◽

Radiocarbon Date ◽

Cultural Layer ◽

Archaeological Remains ◽

14C Dating ◽

Paleolithic Site

The open-air archaeological site at Krems-Hundssteig is a well-known Upper Paleolithic site located in Lower Austria. The site was discovered in the late 19th/early 20th centuries when a large number of archaeological remains were collected during the course of loess quarrying. Although no systematic excavation has ever been performed, Krems-Hundssteig has been described since its discovery as typical of the Aurignacian period in this region based on the numerous archaeological finds; accordingly, the culture has been named Kremsien by some authors. Surprisingly, the artifacts found in a recent excavation adjacent to this location showed solely Gravettian features, calling into question the original assignment to the Aurignacian. Although the earlier assignment was supported by a radiocarbon date of ∼35 kyr BP (Hahn 1977), new accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) 14C dates proved that the recently excavated cultural layer originates from the Gravettian period. Older paleosols were also detected by sondage drillings at some depth below it.The new results indicate that a large Aurignacian level and a substantial complex of Gravettian layers are present in this area. Therefore, it must be assumed that more than 1 cultural level was affected and destroyed by the historic loess quarrying, and that the assemblage of Krems-Hundssteig artifacts, traditionally ascribed to the Aurignacian, might be interspersed with Gravettian pieces.

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Chronological Studies of the Arzhan-2 Scythian Monument in Tuva (Russia)

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/s0033822200039588 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 46 (1) ◽

pp. 277-284 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

G I Zaitseva ◽

K V Chugunov ◽

V A Dergachev ◽

A Nagler ◽

G Parzinger ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Tree Rings ◽

Calibration Curve ◽

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry ◽

Radiocarbon Dates ◽

Ancient Population

The first radiocarbon dates from the unique early Scythian monument Arzhan-2, discovered in 2001, are presented. The monument contained a royal burial (grave nr 5). Unfortunately, precise dating is hampered by the Hallstatt plateau in the calibration curve. However, using both accelerator mass spectrometry measurements from buried materials and conventional dates for floating tree rings from the burial chamber, we were able to date the construction of the monument to the 7th century BC. This is consistent with archaeological expectations. Other graves located inside the barrow were also dated. Grave nr 11, located on the edge of the barrow, is younger, showing that the monument was a place of burial ritual for many years for this ancient population.

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