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A Cremated Bone Intercomparison Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Philip Naysmith ,
E Marian Scott ,
Gordon T Cook ,
Jan Heinemeier ,
Johannes van der Plicht ,
Mark van Strydonck ,
Christopher Bronk Ramsey ,
Pieter M Grootes  and
Stewart P H T Freeman
Philip Naysmith*
Affiliation:
Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Rankine Avenue, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, East Kilbride, G75 0QF, United Kingdom
E Marian Scott
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Gordon T Cook
Affiliation:
Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Rankine Avenue, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, East Kilbride, G75 0QF, United Kingdom
Jan Heinemeier
Affiliation:
University of Aarhus, Denmark
Johannes van der Plicht
Affiliation:
University of Groningen and Leiden University, the Netherlands
Mark van Strydonck
Affiliation:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Belgium
Christopher Bronk Ramsey
Affiliation:
Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, Oxford, United Kingdom
Pieter M Grootes
Affiliation:
Leibniz Laboratory, Christian Albrechts University, Germany
Stewart P H T Freeman
Affiliation:
Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Rankine Avenue, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, East Kilbride, G75 0QF, United Kingdom
*
Corresponding author. Email: P.Naysmith@suerc.gla.ac.uk
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Abstract

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It is now almost 10 yr since radiocarbon dating of cremated bone was first developed using the small carbonate component contained within the hydroxyapatite-based inorganic fraction. Currently, a significant number of 14C laboratories date cremated bone as part of their routine dating service. As a general investigation of cremated bone dating since this initial development, a small, cremated bone intercomparison study took place in 2005, involving 6 laboratories. Six cremated bone samples (including 2 sets of duplicates), with ages spanning approximately 1500–2800 BP, were sent to the laboratories. The results, which showed relatively good agreement amongst the laboratories and between the duplicate samples, are discussed in detail.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , 2007 , pp. 403 - 408
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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