Chronometric Dating in Archaeology ADVANCES IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND MUSEUM SCIENCE Series Editors: Martin J. Aitken, Oxford University Edward V. Sayre, Smithsonian Institution and R. E. Taylor, University of Cal ifomi a, Riverside Volume 1 PHYTOLlTH SYSTEMATICS: Emerging Issues Edited by George Rapp, Jr. and Susan C. Mulholland Volume 2 CHRONOMETRIC DATING IN ARCHAEOLOGY Edited by R. E. Taylor and Martin J. Aitken A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher. Chronometric Dating in Archaeology Edited by R. E. TAYLOR University of California, Riverside Riverside, California and MARTINJ. AITKEN Oxford University Oxford, England Published in cooperation with the Society for Archaeological Sciences Springer Science+ Business Media, LLC Library of Congress Catalogtng-in-PublIcatton Data Chronometrlc dating In archaeology / edited by R.E. Taylor and Martin J. Aitken. p. cm. — (Advances In archaeological and museum science ; v. 2) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4757-9696-4 1. Archaeological dating. I. Taylor, R. E. (Royal Ervln), 1938¬ . II. Aitken, M. J. (Martin Jim) III. Series. CC78.C46 1997 930. T 028*5—dc21 97-31098 CIP ISBN 978-1-4757-9696-4 ISBN 978-1-4757-9694-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4757-9694-0 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997 Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1997 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1997 http://www.plenum.com 10 987654321 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher Consulting Editors Arnold Aspinall Heather Lechtman University of Bradford Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bradford, England Cambridge, Massachusetts Christian Lahanier Rainer Berger Louvre Research Laboratory University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Paris, France Hisao Mabuchi Jonathon E. Ericson Tokyo National Research University of California, Irvine Institute of Cultural Properties Irvine, California Tokyo, Japan Donald K. Grayson Robert Maddin University of Washington Harvard University Seattle, Washington Cambridge, Massachusetts Garman Harbottle Patrick Martin Brookhaven National Laboratory Michigan Technological University Brookhaven, New York Houghton, Michigan Frederick R. Matson David Harris Pennsylvania State University University of London University Park, Pennsylvania London, England Vagn Mejdahl w. David Kingery Rise National Laboratory University of Arizona Copenhagen, Denmark Tucson, Arizona Pieter Meyers B. Foss Leach Los Angeles County Museum of Art Wellington, New Zealand Los Angeles, California Jacqueline S. Olin Julie K. Stein Smithsonian Institution University of Washington Washington, D.C. Seattle, Washington Ernst Pernicka Max Planck Institute Henrik Tauber for Nuclear Physics National Museum of Denmark Heidelberg, Germany Copenhagen, Denmark John R. Prescott University of Adelaide Michael S. Tite Adelaide, Australia Oxford University Oxford, England Frank Preusser Los Angeles, California Giorgio Torraca T. Douglas Price University of Rome University of Wisconsin, Madison Rome, Italy Madison, Wisconsin Franc;ois Schweizer Laboratory of the Museum of Lambertus Van Zelst Art and History Smithsonian Institution Geneva, Switzerland Washington, D.C. This volume is dedicated to Annette Laming editor of La Decouverte du Passe: Progres Recents et Techniques Nouvelles en Prehistoire et en Archeologie (Paris, 1952) Contributors Martin]. Aitken • Research Laboratory for Archaeology, Oxford University, OXI 3QJ, United Kingdom Paul R. Bierman • Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA Jeffrey S. Dean • Laboratory of Tree-ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA Irving Friedman • Laboratory of Isotope Geology, United States Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA Rainer Griin • Quaternary Dating Research Centre, Australian National Uni versity, Canberra, ACT #0200, Australia p. E. Hare • Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC, 20015, USA Richard E. Hughes • Geochemical Research Laboratory, Portola Valley, Cali fornia 94028, USA Julie E. Kokis • Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC, 20015, USA Amanjit Sandhu • Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Am ritsar, India Joan S. Schneider • Department of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside 92521, USA HenlY P. Schwarcz • School of Geography and Geology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L85 4Ml, Canada Philip Shane • Department of Geology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Robert S. Sternberg • Department of Geosciences, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17604, USA Stephen Stokes • School of Geography, Oxford University, OXI 3QJ United Kingdom ix x CONTRIBUTORS R. E. Taylor • Radiocarbon Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, Insti tute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Riverside, California 95251, USA Fred W Trembour • Laboratory of Isotope Geology, United States Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA David W Von Endt • Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Insti tution, Washington, DC, 20015, USA Robert C. Walter • Institute of Human Origins, Berkeley, California 94710, USA . John Westgate • Physical Sciences Division, University of Toronto, Scarbor ough, Ontario MIC lA4, Canada
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