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A Comparison of Marine and Terrestrial Radiocarbon Ages from Northern Chile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

John R. Southon ,
Amy Oakland Rodman  and
Delbert True
John R. Southon
Affiliation:
Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551-9900 USA
Amy Oakland Rodman
Affiliation:
Department of Art, California State University, Hayward, California 94542-3073 USA
Delbert True
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 USA
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Abstract

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The calibration of radiocarbon dates on marine materials involves a global marine calibration with regional corrections. Data from well-associated marine and terrestrial materials in archaeological artifacts from northern Chile indicated that the calibration is valid for the period ad 200–900 and suggest that coastal upwelling intensities during that period were similar to those of the early 20th century.

Type
III. Calibration of the 14C Time Scale
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , 1995 , pp. 389 - 393
Copyright
Copyright © the Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona 

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