Radiocarbon

Chronology, Continuity, and Hiatus: Radiocarbon Dating of Monumental Mudbrick Architecture in Peru’s Chicama Valley featured image

Chronology, Continuity, and Hiatus: Radiocarbon Dating of Monumental Mudbrick Architecture in Peru’s Chicama Valley

Cultural sequences often rely on relative or typological chronological techniques, even as radiometric methods producing absolute ages become increasingly common. This reflects the …

Benjamin R. Vining
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Archaeological 14C Assemblages and the Chavín Phenomenon in the Central Andes

Using the Central Andean Chavín Phenomenon as a case study, this paper explores the middle ground between top-down (big data) and bottom-up (Bayesian modeling) approaches to …

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Daniel A. Contreras
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Stages, Periods, and Radiocarbon: 14C Dating in the Archaeology of the Central Andes

Some of the earliest archaeological materials radiocarbon-dated were from the Central Andes, and archaeologists from the region were also involved in early efforts at meta-analysis …

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Daniel A. Contreras
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Summed Radiocarbon Calibrations as a Population Proxy: A Critical Evaluation Using a Realistic Simulation Approach

The logic of using summed radiocarbon (14C) calibrations (cumulative probability density functions for large numbers of calibrated 14C dates) as proxies for past populations rests …

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Daniel A. Contreras
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Workshop

Using Radiocarbon Dating in Archaeology

A workshop introduction to the use of radiocarbon dating in archaeology. Using the example of an excavated cemetery to think about the analytical tools and logic involved, it …