Olsen, J., Heinemeier, J., Bennike, P., Krause, C., Hornstrup, K. and Thrane, H. (2008). Characterisation and blind testing of radiocarbon dating of cremated bone. J Archaeol Sci 35 (3). Vol 35(3), pp. 791-800.
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Characterisation and blind testing of radiocarbon dating of cremated bone | |||||||||||
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J Archaeol Sci 35 (3) | |||||||||||
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Journal of Archaeological Science | |||||||||||
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35 (3) | |||||||||||
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791 - 800 | |||||||||||
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The success of radiocarbon dating of burned or cremated bones depends on the exposed temperature during burning and the degree of re-crystallisation of the inorganic bone matrix. The authors present a method for characterisation of likely cremated bones by employing visual inspection, infrared spectrometry and carbon stable isotope analysis on the bio-apatite fraction. The method of radiocarbon dating of cremated bones was tested by dating paired samples of bone and associated context materials such as pitch, charcoal and a dendrochronologically dated oak coffin. The dating of these paired test samples were largely performed as blind tests and showed excellent agreement between pitch and bone. The weighted mean age difference of all test samples is observed to −9 ± 60 14C yr. To test the indicators and the effects of the degree of burning, a Late Neolithic human individual has been studied, as this individual exhibits the full spectrum from low temperature burning (charred) to high temperature (`cremated') from one end of a single bone to the other. This is reflected as a marked step in numerous parameters as well as in a significant difference in 14C age between the charred and the cremated bone samples. | |||||||||||
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2008 | |||||||||||
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21 Jul 2008 |
