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A Computer-Based Database for Radiocarbon Dates of Central Andean Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Adam Michczyński ,
Andrzej Krzanowski ,
Mieczysław F. Pazdur  and
Mariusz S. Ziołkowski
Adam Michczyński
Affiliation:
Department of Radioisotopes, Silesian Technical University, Krzywoustego 2, PL-44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Andrzej Krzanowski
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography, Jagellonian University, Grodzka 64, PL-31-018 Krakow, Poland
Mieczysław F. Pazdur
Affiliation:
Department of Radioisotopes, Silesian Technical University, Krzywoustego 2, PL-44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Mariusz S. Ziołkowski
Affiliation:
Andean Archaeological Mission, Institute of Archaeology, Warsaw University, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 34 PL-00–975 Warsaw
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Abstract

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We established a database of 14C dates from archaeological sites of the Central Andes region of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia on an IBM PC-compatible microcomputer running on an MS-DOS operating system using software package dBASE IV, version 1.1. Relevant data are stored in three DBF-type database files. The file ANDY.DBF contains information on dates and samples; REFERENC.DBF contains references to relevant publications and CALAND.DBF contains calibrated dates. The total number of records of the ANDY database slightly exceeds 2650.

Type
II. 14C in Archaeology
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , 1995 , pp. 337 - 343
Copyright
Copyright © the Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona 

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