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Apparent 14C Ages of Marine Mollusk Shells from a Greek Island: Calculation of the Marine Reservoir Effect in the Aegean Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Yorgos Facorellis ,
Yannis Maniatis  and
Bernd Kromer
Yorgos Facorellis
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Archaeometry, Institute of Materials Science, NCSR “Demokritos” 153 10 Aghia Paraskevi, Attiki, Greece
Yannis Maniatis
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Archaeometry, Institute of Materials Science, NCSR “Demokritos” 153 10 Aghia Paraskevi, Attiki, Greece
Bernd Kromer
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Archaeometry, Institute of Materials Science, NCSR “Demokritos” 153 10 Aghia Paraskevi, Attiki, Greece
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The excavation of the Cyclope cave, situated on the deserted island of Youra in the Northern Sporades (39°22'N, 24°10'E), revealed material of marine and terrestrial origin in undisturbed layers, suitable for radiocarbon dating. In some cases, material from different reservoirs was found together in the same archaeological layer. This research had two aims. The first was the dating of charcoal-seashell pairs in order to determine the marine reservoir effect in this region, based on samples with ages spanning from the end of the 8th millennium to the beginning of the 7th millennium bc. The second aim was dating the stratigraphy of this site, by using the calculated δR value in conjunction with the marine calibration curve. This enabled the accurate calibration of the 14C ages of marine samples found in layers without charcoal pieces. The results show that this is the oldest human settlement ever found on an island in the Aegean Sea.

Type
Part 2: Applications
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 40 , Issue 2: 16th International Radiocarbon Conference June 16-20, 1997 Part 2: Applications, Conference Editors: Willem G. Mook Johannes van der Plicht , 1997 , pp. 963 - 973
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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