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Radiocarbon Dating of Dutch Mortars Made from Burned Shells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2016

Alf Lindroos ,
Edwin Orsel ,
Jan Heinemeier ,
Jan-Olof Lill  and
Kristian Gunnelius
Alf Lindroos*
Affiliation:
Geology and Mineralogy, Åbo Akademi University, FI-20500 Turku, Finland Art History, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
Edwin Orsel
Affiliation:
Monumenten & Archeologie, Leiden, the Netherlands
Jan Heinemeier
Affiliation:
AMS 14C Dating Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Jan-Olof Lill
Affiliation:
Accelerator Laboratory, Turku PET Centre, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland Physics, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
Kristian Gunnelius
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
*
Corresponding author. Email: alindroo@abo.fi.
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Abstract

AMS-bascd radiocarbon dating was applied to Medieval lime mortars made from burned shells and aggregate including both shore sediments and neovolcanic rocks. Three mortar samples from the city of Leiden near Amsterdam were prepared using the same kind of acid hydrolysis technique as has been earlier used for dating mortars made from burned marble and limestone. Five consecutive CO2 fractions were collected from each sample to form age profiles as functions of the dissolution progress index. One of the samples, from a brick wall of known age, was taken as a reference from the Pieterskerk church. Two other samples were taken from the Burcht circular stronghold on a former island on the Rhine River. The age of Burcht is less well known; thus, the presented results are a contribution to an ongoing discussion on its history.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , 2014 , pp. 959 - 968
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Copyright © 2014 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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