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High-Precision Calibration of the Radiocarbon Time Scale, AD 1950–500 BC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Minze Stuiver
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences and Quaternary Research Center University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
Gordon W Pearson
Affiliation:
Palaeoecology Centre, The Queens University of Belfast Belfast, North Ireland
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Radiocarbon ages of dendrochronologically-dated wood spanning the last 4500 years were determined at both the Seattle and Belfast laboratories. The combined results are reported in this issue of radiocarbon in two papers, with this paper covering the AD 1950—500 BC interval, and the twin (Pearson & Stuiver, 1986) covering the 500 BC–2500 BC interval.

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