Pettitt, P. B., Davies, W., Gamble, C. and Richards, M. (2003). Palaeolithic radiocarbon chronology:. J Archaeol Sci 30 (12). Vol 30(12), pp. 1685-1693.

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Title:		 Palaeolithic radiocarbon chronology:
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Subtitle:		 quantifying our confidence beyond two half-lives
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Issue:		 J Archaeol Sci 30 (12)
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Series:		 Journal of Archaeological Science
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Volume:		 30 (12)
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Page Start/End:		 1685 - 1693
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Publication Type:		 Journal
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Abstract:		 It is now three decades since Waterbolk introduced evaluation criteria to 14C chronology. Despite this, and other subsequent attempts to introduce quality control in the use of 14C data, no systematic procedure has been adopted by the archaeological community. As a result, databases may be significantly weakened by questionable dates and/or questionable associations between dated samples and the archaeological phenomena they are intended to represent. As the use of chronometric data in general becomes more ambitious, archaeologists must pause and assess how reliable these data are. Here, the authors put forward a set of evaluation criteria which take into account archaeological (e.g. associational, stratigraphic) and chronometric (e.g. pre-treatment and measurement) criteria. They intend to use such criteria to evaluate a large 14C dataset they have assembled to investigate Late Glacial settlement in Europe, the Near East and North Africa, supported by the Leverhulme Trust and suggest that the procedure presented here may at least form the basis of the development of more rigorous, scientific use of 14C dates.
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Author:		 Paul B Pettitt ORCID icon
William Davies
Clive Gamble
Martin Richards
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Year of Publication:		 2003
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PALAEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
Radiocarbon Chronology (Auto Detected Subject)
SETTLEMENT (Monument Type England)
Radiocarbon Dating (Principles) (BIAB)
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Note:		 Author Keywords: 14C; Radiocarbon; Chronometry; Late Glacial; Palaeolithic
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Created Date:		 28 Apr 2004