TY - JOUR
T1 - When 14C dates fall beyond the limits of uncertainty
T2 - An assessment of anomalies in western Mediterranean Bronze Age 14C series
AU - Lull, Vicente
AU - Micó, Rafael
AU - Rihuete-Herrada, Cristina
AU - Risch, Roberto
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - The aim of this article is to bring to light a serious problem affecting radiocarbon dates produced at least from 2009 onwards by the AMS Leibniz laboratory at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität (Kiel, Germany). Archaeological observations and cross-checkings between several laboratories confirm that in a significant number of dates, clear deviations of the results from chronological schemes based on stratigraphical sequences and hundreds of measurements have occurred, which usually implies an aging of the 14C values.
AB - The aim of this article is to bring to light a serious problem affecting radiocarbon dates produced at least from 2009 onwards by the AMS Leibniz laboratory at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität (Kiel, Germany). Archaeological observations and cross-checkings between several laboratories confirm that in a significant number of dates, clear deviations of the results from chronological schemes based on stratigraphical sequences and hundreds of measurements have occurred, which usually implies an aging of the 14C values.
KW - Dating anomalies
KW - Prehistory
KW - Western Mediterranean
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84944603407&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2458/azu_rc.57.18180
DO - 10.2458/azu_rc.57.18180
M3 - Article
SN - 0033-8222
VL - 57
SP - 1029
EP - 1040
JO - Radiocarbon
JF - Radiocarbon
IS - 5
ER -