Radiocarbon : calibration and prehistory / edited by Trevor Watkins
1975, First Edition. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #347570
Physical description; vi, 147 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; The six papers in this collection represent the formal contributions to a one-day seminar held in Edinburgh University on Saturday 9 March 1974' - Introduction. Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-147). Contents; Calibration of C-14 dates : some remaining uncertainties and limitations / R. Burleigh -- European dendrochronology and C-14 dating of timber / J.M. Fletcher -- Irregularities in the dendrochronology calibration curve / J.H. Ottaway -- An outsider's view of C-14 calibration / A.M. Snodgrass -- Correction procedures for C-14 dates / H. McKerrell -- The implications of calibration / A. Fleming -- Appendix I : Conversion tables / H. McKerrell -- 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 -- Appendix II -- The role of the archaeologist in C-14 age measurement / D.D. Harkness -- Appendix III -- Handlist of radiocarbon laboratories / T. Watkinds and D.D. Harkness. Subjects; Radiocarbon dating. Archaeology Methodology. Antiquities. Radiocarbon dating Congresses. Dendochronology Congresses. Prehistoric peoples. Dendrochronology. Man, Prehistoric. Antiquities, Prehistoric. Radiocarbon dating. Antiquities, Prehistoric. Antiquities. Dendrochronology. Radiocarbon dating Addresses, essays, lectures. Man, Prehistoric Addresses, essays, lectures. Dendochronology. Antiquities. Radiocarbon dating ; Congresses. Dendrochronology ; Congresses. Prehistoric peoples Addresses, essays, lectures. Archaeological dating. Archaeology Methodology. Dating: radiocarbon (calibrated by dendrochronology). radiocarbon dating. Antiquities, Prehistoric. Radiocarbon dating. Radiocarbon dating ; Congresses. Archaeological dating ; Congresses. Antiquities, Prehistoric Methodology ; Congresses. Dendrochronology ; Congresses. Prehistoric peoples ; Congresses. Archaeological dating. Antiquities ; Congresses. Antiquities Radiocarbon dating Results Correction Applications of dendrochronology Conference proceedings. Antiquities. Radiocarbon dating. Results. Correction. Applications of dendrochronology. Conference proceedings. Genres; Conference publication. Illustrated.
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