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Dating Organic Temper of Ceramics By Ams: Sample Preparation and Carbon Evaluation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Denise C Gomes  and
Oscar Vega
Denise C Gomes
Affiliation:
Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia–USP, Avenida Prof. Almeida Prado, 1466, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo 05508–900, Brazil. Email: denisecavalcante@yahoo.com
Oscar Vega
Affiliation:
Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia–USP, Avenida Prof. Almeida Prado, 1466, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo 05508–900, Brazil. Email: denisecavalcante@yahoo.com
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Abstract

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We describe a new methodology for separating organic temper from archaeological ceramics from Brazilian Amazonia. These experimental procedures were designed to directly date ceramic samples by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). An evaluation of the total carbon indicates the samples’ potential for dating.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , 1999 , pp. 315 - 320
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Copyright © 1999 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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