Results and Methods in the Radiocarbon Dating of Pottery

Hedges, R. E. M.; Tiemei, Chen; Housley, R. A.

doi:10.1017/s0033822200064237

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“…In this study, instead of using soot or charred food residues, we have targeted short-lived organic materials, either sealed in the matrix of pots (grass) or deposited on the pot surface when they were fired (chaff). These types of organic temper are considered to be reliable materials for 14 C dating (Hedges et al 1992). …”

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AMS ¹⁴C Dating Using Black Pottery and Fiber Pottery

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ABSTRACT.A technique of accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) has made it possible to directly measure radiocarbon ages of pottery by isolating organic materials sealed in the pottery when the pottery was formed. We analyzed the carbon contents and 14 C ages for "black pottery" from the Philippines and "fiber pottery" from Japan using the relevant carbonaceous materials extracted from the pottery samples, i.e., adhered chaff or grass fibers that were incorporated in the pottery matrix, respectively. The carbon yield of the pottery sample varied largely depending on the pottery types, the preservation conditions, as well as the chemical pretreatment methods to purify carbonaceous materials for 14 C dating. We will discuss criteria for sample selection of well-preserved pottery, and a modified method, instead of the standard alkali treatment, to obtain sufficient material for precise 14 C dating.

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“…Every charred seed or fragment of charcoal recovered from flotation and every bone or pot sherd recovered from the finds tray is a potential sample. New types of material, cremated bone and residues on pottery (Lanting et al 2001;Hedges et al 1992;Berstan et al 2008), can now be dated. So, our choice has never been greater, but again we must admit failure.…”

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Rolling Out Revolution: Using Radiocarbon Dating in Archaeology

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2009

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ABSTRACT. Sixty years ago, the advent of radiocarbon dating rewrote archaeological chronologies around the world. Forty years ago, the advent of calibration signaled the death knell of the diffusionism that had been the mainstay of archaeological thought for a century. Since then, the revolution has continued, as the extent of calibration has been extended ever further back and as the range of material that can be dated has been expanded. Now a new revolution beckons, one that could allow archaeology to engage in historical debate and usher in an entirely new kind of (pre)history. This paper focuses on more than a decade of experience in utilizing Bayesian approaches routinely for the interpretation of 14 C dates in English archaeology, discussing both the practicalities of implementing these methods and their potential for changing archaeological thinking.

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“…The samples from Perth High Street were ideal for radiocarbon dating as they had thick (1-to 2-mm), highly carbonized encrustations of food on the external surface. Food residues are susceptible to geochemical contamination (Bonsall et al 2002); however, this is unlikely to be an issue here because of the degree of carbonization (Hedges et al 1992). Fifteen carbonized rim sherds of shelly-sandyware fabric from the earliest phases (all from contexts associated with the earliest buildings on the site) were chosen for analysis.…”

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The Early Medieval Origin of Perth, Scotland

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ABSTRACT. The radiocarbon results (and Bayesian modeling) of 15 samples of carbonized food residues removed from the external surface of rim sherds of cooking pots indicate that shellyware pottery first appeared in Perth, Scotland, around cal AD 910-1020 (95% probability) and that it had disappeared by cal AD 1020-1140 (95% probability). Previously, it had been suggested that this pottery could not date to before AD 1150. These data, together with l4 C analyses carried out on leather artifacts and a sample of wattle from a ditch lining, also demonstrate that there was occupation in Perth about 100 yr or more prior to the granting of royal burgh status to Perth in the 1120s.

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Results and Methods in the Radiocarbon Dating of Pottery

Cited by 57 publications

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AMS ¹⁴C Dating Using Black Pottery and Fiber Pottery

AMS ¹⁴C Dating Using Black Pottery and Fiber Pottery

Rolling Out Revolution: Using Radiocarbon Dating in Archaeology

The Early Medieval Origin of Perth, Scotland

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AMS 14C Dating Using Black Pottery and Fiber Pottery

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Rolling Out Revolution: Using Radiocarbon Dating in Archaeology

The Early Medieval Origin of Perth, Scotland

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