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Re-Evaluation of British Museum Radiocarbon Dates Issued Between 1980 and 1984

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

S G E Bowman ,
J C Ambers  and
M N Leese
S G E Bowman
Affiliation:
British Museum Research Laboratory, London WC1B 3DG, England
J C Ambers
Affiliation:
British Museum Research Laboratory, London WC1B 3DG, England
M N Leese
Affiliation:
British Museum Research Laboratory, London WC1B 3DG, England
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Dates issued by the British Museum radiocarbon laboratory between 1980 and 1984 are known to have been in error. This paper outlines the cause of the problem and the procedures adopted to revise the results affected. Where revision has been possible, on average this has given dates older by 200 to 300 radiocarbon years. The individual revised results are tabulated.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , 1990 , pp. 59 - 79
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Copyright © 1990 The American Journal of Science 

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