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A New Annual 14C Dataset for Calibrating the Thera Eruption

Part of: IntCal 20

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2020

Ronny Friedrich Open the ORCID record for Ronny Friedrich [Opens in a new window] ,
Bernd Kromer ,
Lukas Wacker Open the ORCID record for Lukas Wacker [Opens in a new window] ,
Jesper Olsen Open the ORCID record for Jesper Olsen [Opens in a new window] ,
Sabine Remmele ,
Susanne Lindauer Open the ORCID record for Susanne Lindauer [Opens in a new window] ,
Alexander Land  and
Charlotte Pearson Open the ORCID record for Charlotte Pearson [Opens in a new window]
Ronny Friedrich*
Affiliation:
Curt-Engelhorn-Center Archaeometry – Dating Laboratory, Mannheim, Germany
Bernd Kromer
Affiliation:
Curt-Engelhorn-Center Archaeometry – Dating Laboratory, Mannheim, Germany
Lukas Wacker
Affiliation:
ETH-Zurich – LIP, Zurich, Switzerland
Jesper Olsen
Affiliation:
Aarhus Universitet – Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus8000, Denmark
Sabine Remmele
Affiliation:
Curt-Engelhorn-Center Archaeometry – Dating Laboratory, Mannheim, Germany University of Hohenheim, Institute of Botany, Stuttgart, Germany
Alexander Land
Affiliation:
University of Hohenheim, Institute of Botany, Stuttgart, Germany University of Applied Forest Sciences, Rottenburg, Germany
Charlotte Pearson
Affiliation:
University of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, Tucson, Arizona, USA
*
*Corresponding author. Email: ronny.friedrich@ceza.de.
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Abstract

Annually resolved tree-ring samples of the time period 1625–1510 BCE were analyzed from the German oak tree-ring chronology. Blocks of the same tree rings were previously used to generate IntCal calibration data. The new dataset shows an offset to the calibration data IntCal13 of 24 years and resembles annual data for the same time period derived from tree-ring records in other growth locations. A subset of samples of the period 1625–1585 BCE was additionally measured in three other laboratories (ETH, AAR, AA) for quality control.

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AMS datingcalibrationdendrochronologyradiocarbon

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Radiocarbon , Volume 62 , Issue 4: IntCal20: Calibration Issue , August 2020 , pp. 953 - 961
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