Radiocarbon dating : an archaeological perspective.

Radiocarbon dating : an archaeological perspective.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Taylor, R. E. (Royal Ervin), 1938- author.
Edition:	Second edition / R.E. Taylor and Ofer Bar-Yosef ; foreword by Colin Renfrew.
Imprint:	Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2014] ©2014
Description:	404 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Archaeological dating. Radiocarbon dating. Archaeological dating. Radiocarbon dating.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10114626

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Other authors / contributors:	Bar-Yosef, Ofer, author.
ISBN:	9781598745900 1598745905 9781611327779 9781611327496
Notes:	First edition / R.E. Taylor. 1987. Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-394) and index.
Summary:	"This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor's seminal book Radiocarbon Dating: An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments of the 14C method in archaeology and analyzes factors that affect the accuracy and precision of 14C-based age estimates. In addition to reviewing the basic principles of the method, it examines 14C dating anomalies and means to resolve them, and considers the critical application of 14C data as a dating isotope with special emphasis on issues in Old and New World archaeology and late Quaternary paleoanthropology. This volume, again a benchmark for 14C dating, critically reflects on the method and data that underpins, in so many cases, the validity of the chronologies used to understand the prehistoric archaeological record."--Back cover.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
1. Basic Elements
2. Major Anomalies
3. Samples And Sample Pretreatment
4. Measurement Techniques
5. Evaluation Of Radiocarbon Data
6. Radiocarbon Dating In Old World Archaeology
7. Radiocarbon Dating In New World Archaeology
8. Radiocarbon Dating: Origin And Evolution
9. Radiocarbon Dating: Guide To Bibliographic Sources
References
Index