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Characterization of Different Chemical Procedures for 14C Dating of Buried, Cremated, and Modern Bone Samples at Circe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Isabella Passariello ,
Pasquale Simone ,
Joseph Tandoh ,
Fabio Marzaioli ,
Manuela Capano ,
Nicola De Cesare  and
Filippo Terrasi
Isabella Passariello*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy Centre for Isotopic Research on Cultural and Environmental heritage (CIRCE) and INNOVA, Caserta, Italy
Pasquale Simone
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy Centre for Isotopic Research on Cultural and Environmental heritage (CIRCE) and INNOVA, Caserta, Italy
Joseph Tandoh
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy Centre for Isotopic Research on Cultural and Environmental heritage (CIRCE) and INNOVA, Caserta, Italy
Fabio Marzaioli
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy Centre for Isotopic Research on Cultural and Environmental heritage (CIRCE) and INNOVA, Caserta, Italy
Manuela Capano
Affiliation:
Centre for Isotopic Research on Cultural and Environmental heritage (CIRCE) and INNOVA, Caserta, Italy Dipartimento di Studio delle Componenti Culturali del Territorio, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Santa Maria Capua Vetere (Caserta), Italy
Nicola De Cesare
Affiliation:
Centre for Isotopic Research on Cultural and Environmental heritage (CIRCE) and INNOVA, Caserta, Italy Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Caserta, Italy
Filippo Terrasi
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, Second University of Naples, Caserta, Italy Centre for Isotopic Research on Cultural and Environmental heritage (CIRCE) and INNOVA, Caserta, Italy
*
Corresponding author. Email: Isabella.passariello@unina2.it
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Bone chemical treatment for radiocarbon dating has drawn the attention of different laboratories because dates of bones and charcoals found in the same layer often disagree. Excluding diet-related reservoir effects, this observation is likely due to a nonoptimized procedure of contaminant removal from the extracted collagen. In this study, systematic work on the bone chemical treatment was performed with the aim to investigate the effect of each known procedure (i.e. AAA, GEL, and ULTR) on the collagen used for 14C dating. Isolation and purification of lipids from animal tissues were performed to estimate eventual offsets induced by the applied methods, by comparing the 14C ages of lipids with those of collagen. Moreover, cremated bones were treated for the first time at CIRCE. Measured 14C isotopic ratios on these samples were used to evaluate the accuracy of the applied procedure by comparing against the results for charcoals found in the same archaeological context as the bones.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 54 , Issue 3-4 , 2012 , pp. 867 - 877
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Copyright © 2012 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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