Abstract
The availability of absolutely (dendrochronologically) dated German oak has allowed the Belfast laboratory to extend its published high-precision 14 C measurements of Irish oak (Pearson et al. 1986) by 2680 yr. The samples were selected at contiguous 20-yr intervals, following a precedent adopted and considered satisfactory in previous publications. All samples were measured for at least 200,000 counts within the 14 C channel. The statistical counting error, together with the error on standards, backgrounds and applied corrections, give a realistic precision quoted on each sample of ± 2.5‰ (± 20 yr). This error is considered high-precision for sample ages of 7000–8000 BP.
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IrishGermanSample (material)Accuracy and precisionStatisticsMathematicsArchaeologyChemistryGeographyPhilosophyChromatography
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Gordon W. Pearson,
Bernd Becker,
Florence Qua
(1993).
High-Precision <sup>14</sup>C Measurement of German and Irish Oaks to Show the Natural <sup>14</sup>C Variations from 7890 to 5000 BC.
Radiocarbon
, 35
(1)
, 93-104.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200013849
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- 10.1017/s0033822200013849