Synchronising radiocarbon dating and the Egyptian historical chronology by improved sample selection

Dee, Michael W.; Rowland, Joanne; Higham, Thomas; Shortland, Andrew; Brock, Fiona; Ramsey, Christopher Bronk

doi:10.1017/s0003598x00047979

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“…If somewhat large, the range nevertheless includes the radiocarbon date of the container (1514-1412 calBC, see Table 1) and the dates ascribed to Amenhotep III. However, we have to keep in mind that the date obtained on the wood might not accurately reflect the period of use due to the inbuilt effect as well as a possible material reuse due to the scarcity of wood in Ancient Egypt 25 . The container may have been carved from reclaimed wood that had previously been used for other purposes.…”

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Absolute dating of lead carbonates in ancient cosmetics by radiocarbon

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Lead carbonate is one of the major compounds of art and archeology used as an ingredient in paint and cosmetics since Antiquity. Accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dating is usually applied to organic remains. Here we extend radiocarbon dating to lead carbonate, an inorganic material. We demonstrate that lead carbonates can be dated. We also show that natural and manufactured make-up powders can be discriminated by radiocarbon. We find that cerussite used for cosmetics was a natural mineral during the Egyptian Kingdom and then a synthesized compound manufactured by the ancient Greeks. Furthermore, we confirm that phosgenite was artificially produced by the Egyptians about 3500 years ago. Our results confirm the expertize of ancient Egyptians and Greeks in the chemical synthesis of cosmetics. The detection of radiocarbon in lead carbonate holds great promise for art history and provides a new tool for the authentication of paintings by dating the lead white pigment.

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Absolute dating of lead carbonates in ancient cosmetics by radiocarbon

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“…Thus the 14 C/ 12 C ratio of the sample reveals how much time has elapsed since the organism was alive. It is important to note that the sample material had to be once alive for a radiocarbon date to be obtained, and shorter lived materials, like flowers, seeds, and hair, usually provide the most accurate results (see Waterbolk 1971;Dee et al 2012).…”

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“…Typical AMS samples range from about 500 mg of bone to just 25 mg of plant material or charcoal (see Dee et al 2012). Once the 14 C/ 12 C ratio has been obtained, a raw radiocarbon date can be calculated.…”

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“…1580 BCE (Kenyon 1957 In 1995, Bruins and van der Plicht published radiocarbon dates on 12 charcoal and 6 charred seed samples from the City IV destruction layer. The 12 charcoal samples returned slightly older ages than the seed samples, most probably because of inbuilt age (see Waterbolk 1971;Dee et al 2012). To refine their estimate, Bruins and van der Plicht (1995) chose to average five of the short-lived seed measurements, excluding one as an outlier.…”

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Israel's Exodus in Transdisciplinary Perspective

Levy¹,

Schneider²,

Propp³

2015

Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences

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Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences is a book series designed to foster research-based conversation with all parts of the university campus from buildings of ivy-covered stone to technologically savvy walls of glass. Scholarship from international researchers and the esteemed editorial board represents the farreaching applications of computational analysis, statistical models, computer-based programs, and other quantitative methods. Methods are integrated in a dialogue that is sensitive to the broader context of humanistic study and social science research. Scholars, including among others historians, archaeologists, classicists and linguists, promote this interdisciplinary approach. These texts teach new methodological approaches for contemporary research. Each volume exposes readers to a particular research method. Researchers and students then benefit from exposure to subtleties of the larger project or corpus of work in which the quantitative methods come to fruition.

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“…Similarly problematic is that we do not know how much time typically passed between the felling of timber in a foreign land (and seasoning, if any), its transport to Egypt, and its eventual use there. S88 CREASMAN Furthermore, the practice of stockpiling timber, including "old" wood, in Egypt is known from at least as early as the Middle Kingdom (Simpson 1965;Dee et al 2012;Creasman 2013b). …”

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Tree Rings and the Chronology of Ancient Egypt

Creasman

2014

Radiocarbon

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A fundamental aspect of ancient Egyptian history remains unresolved: chronology. Egyptologists (and researchers in related fields that synchronize their studies with Egypt) currently rely on a variety of insufficiently precise methodologies (king lists, radiocarbon dating, etc.) from which to derive seemingly "absolute" dates. The need for genuine precision has been recognized for a century, as has the potential solution: dendrochronology. This manuscript presents a case for further progress toward the construction of a tree-ring chronology for ancient Egypt.

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Synchronising radiocarbon dating and the Egyptian historical chronology by improved sample selection

Cited by 17 publications

References 33 publications

Absolute dating of lead carbonates in ancient cosmetics by radiocarbon

Absolute dating of lead carbonates in ancient cosmetics by radiocarbon

Israel's Exodus in Transdisciplinary Perspective

Tree Rings and the Chronology of Ancient Egypt

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