The old wood effect revisited: a comparison of radiocarbon dates of wood charcoal and short-lived taxa from Korea

Kim, Jangsuk; Wright, David K.; Hwang, Jaehoon; Kim, Junkyu; Oh, Yongje

doi:10.1007/s12520-018-0766-8

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“…As a result, it is not possible to rule out the old wood effect (Schiffer 1986). After comparing radiocarbon dates from wood with short-lived taxa Kim et al (2019) conclude that the old wood effect does not cause significant bias before the first millennium BC and depends on different factors. Research about the old wood effect in Ethiopia might clarify the issue.…”

Section: Radiocarbon Datingmentioning

confidence: 96%

Hunter-gatherers of the high-altitude Afromontane forest – the Holocene occupation of Mount Dendi, Ethiopia

Schepers

Lesur

Vogelsang

2020

Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa

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Dendi Lake Rockshelter is situated about 100 km west of Addis Ababa on the west-central part of the Ethiopian Plateau in the Ginchi woreda of Ethiopia's Oromiya regional state. In October 2012, a team from the University of Cologne excavated a testtrench that revealed four archaeological complexes that could clearly be distinguished on a typological basis as well as by radiocarbon dates. This article focuses on the lithic artefacts recovered from the excavation and specifically the microliths that are one of the main characteristics of the Later Stone Age. Their high variability in this assemblage is a common feature of contemporaneous sites in the Horn of Africa. The rockshelter is situated in a high-altitude Afromontane forest and was most probably used for short-term stays by groups of hunters. RÉSUMÉLe refuge de Dendi Lake Rock Shelter est situé à environ 100 km à l'ouest d'Addis Abeba, sur le plateau éthiopien du centre-ouest, dans le woreda de Ginchi de l'État régional d'Oromiya, en Éthiopie. En octobre 2012, une équipe de l'Université de Cologne a réalisé un sondage qui a révélé quatre complexes archéologiques clairement distingués par les modes typologiques ainsi que par les datations radiocarbones. L'article portera principalement sur l'industrie lithique, notamment les microlithes qui sont l'une des principales caractéristiques du Later Stone Age. Leur grande variabilité dans cet assemblage est une caractéristique commune aux sites contemporains de la Corne de l'Afrique. L'abri est situé dans une forêt afromontane de haute altitude et était très probablement utilisé par des groupes de chasseurs pour des séjours de courte durée.

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Section: Radiocarbon Datingmentioning

confidence: 96%

Hunter-gatherers of the high-altitude Afromontane forest – the Holocene occupation of Mount Dendi, Ethiopia

Schepers

Lesur

Vogelsang

2020

Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa

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“…trunk as opposed to branches and twigs), this offset may, in some cases, be negligible. Some studies suggest that temperate regions have a lower risk of offsets caused by the old wood effect compared to the desert and arid environments, due to the faster decay of organic material which may limit the (re)use of old wood (Kim et al, 2019;Mcfadgen, 1982). Similar indications are evident from dendrochronological studies at the early 5 th millennium site of Hoge Vaart.…”

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Blind dates: Exploring uncertainty in the radiocarbon evidence on the emergence of animal husbandry in the Dutch wetlands

Dreshaj

Dee²,

Peeters

et al. 2022

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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“…Nonetheless, most of the charcoals were of deciduous oaks (deciduous Quercus) that are long-lived trees. In order to avoid the "old-wood" effect (Kim et al 2019) and to obtain dates as close as possible to the occupational phases displayed by the archaeological evidence, we selected young branches or the last extant rings of heartwood or sapwood lacking any evidence of this boundary on the wood fragments. The aim was to date the growth period of the tree as close as possible to its use in the contexts: woods from IIIA.1 and IIIA.2 levels refer to timber remains, with the exception of the fragment from room A1426 that may have been part of some domestic installation.…”

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THE BEGINNING OF THE IRON AGE AT ARSLANTEPE: A¹⁴C PERSPECTIVE

Manuelli¹,

Vignola

Marzaioli

et al. 2021

Radiocarbon

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The Iron Age chronology at Arslantepe is the result of the interpretation of Luwian hieroglyphic inscriptions and archaeological data coming from the site and its surrounding region. A new round of investigations of the Iron Age levels has been conducted at the site over the last 10 years. Preliminary results allowed the combination of the archaeological sequence with the historical events that extended from the collapse of the Late Bronze Age empires to the formation and development of the new Iron Age kingdoms. The integration into this picture of a new set of radiocarbon (14C) dates is aimed at establishing a more solid local chronology. High precision 14C dating by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) and its correlation with archaeobotanical analysis and stratigraphic data are presented here with the purpose of improving our knowledge of the site’s history and to build a reliable absolute chronology of the Iron Age. The results show that the earliest level of the sequence dates to ca. the mid-13th century BC, implying that the site started developing a new set of relationships with the Levant already before the breakdown of the Hittite empire, entailing important historical implications for the Syro-Anatolian region at the end of the 2nd millennium BC.

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The old wood effect revisited: a comparison of radiocarbon dates of wood charcoal and short-lived taxa from Korea

Cited by 26 publications

References 48 publications

Hunter-gatherers of the high-altitude Afromontane forest – the Holocene occupation of Mount Dendi, Ethiopia

Hunter-gatherers of the high-altitude Afromontane forest – the Holocene occupation of Mount Dendi, Ethiopia

Blind dates: Exploring uncertainty in the radiocarbon evidence on the emergence of animal husbandry in the Dutch wetlands

THE BEGINNING OF THE IRON AGE AT ARSLANTEPE: A¹⁴C PERSPECTIVE

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The old wood effect revisited: a comparison of radiocarbon dates of wood charcoal and short-lived taxa from Korea

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Hunter-gatherers of the high-altitude Afromontane forest – the Holocene occupation of Mount Dendi, Ethiopia

Hunter-gatherers of the high-altitude Afromontane forest – the Holocene occupation of Mount Dendi, Ethiopia

Blind dates: Exploring uncertainty in the radiocarbon evidence on the emergence of animal husbandry in the Dutch wetlands

THE BEGINNING OF THE IRON AGE AT ARSLANTEPE: A14C PERSPECTIVE

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