Organic Matter of Cultural Layers as a Material for Radiocarbon Dating
ABSTRACT This article focuses on radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating of the organic matter (OM) of natural-anthropogenic objects—the cultural layers (CLs) of archaeological sites. Using examples from three ancient sites located within the European part of Russia, in southern taiga and forest-steppe natural z...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/rdc.2017.134 2024-03-03T08:49:06+00:00 Organic Matter of Cultural Layers as a Material for Radiocarbon Dating Zazovskaya, E Shishkov, V Dolgikh, A Alexndrovskiy, A Skripkin, V Chichagova, O 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2017.134 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033822217001345 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Radiocarbon volume 59, issue 6, page 1931-1944 ISSN 0033-8222 1945-5755 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Archeology journal-article 2017 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2017.134 2024-02-08T08:40:40Z ABSTRACT This article focuses on radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating of the organic matter (OM) of natural-anthropogenic objects—the cultural layers (CLs) of archaeological sites. Using examples from three ancient sites located within the European part of Russia, in southern taiga and forest-steppe natural zones, we demonstrate approaches to the interpretation of 14 C dating of OM derived from the organomineral material of the CLs studied. We use the term “archaeological humus” as defined as the OM formed within the CL from “anthropogenic matter” (i.e., organic residues that were produced during the past human occupation of the site) without or with negligible contribution of OM inherited from pre-anthropogenic stages of pedogenesis. The archaeological humus is formed within closed or semi-closed systems by the processes of humification and physical stabilization of OM. The use of hierarchical (from macro- to submicro-) morphological investigations at one of the sites (Gnezdovo) combined with 14 C dating allowed conclusions to be drawn about the age of formation of different OM components in CLs. Article in Journal/Newspaper taiga Cambridge University Press Radiocarbon 59 6 1931 1944 |
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ABSTRACT This article focuses on radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating of the organic matter (OM) of natural-anthropogenic objects—the cultural layers (CLs) of archaeological sites. Using examples from three ancient sites located within the European part of Russia, in southern taiga and forest-steppe natural zones, we demonstrate approaches to the interpretation of 14 C dating of OM derived from the organomineral material of the CLs studied. We use the term “archaeological humus” as defined as the OM formed within the CL from “anthropogenic matter” (i.e., organic residues that were produced during the past human occupation of the site) without or with negligible contribution of OM inherited from pre-anthropogenic stages of pedogenesis. The archaeological humus is formed within closed or semi-closed systems by the processes of humification and physical stabilization of OM. The use of hierarchical (from macro- to submicro-) morphological investigations at one of the sites (Gnezdovo) combined with 14 C dating allowed conclusions to be drawn about the age of formation of different OM components in CLs. |
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Organic Matter of Cultural Layers as a Material for Radiocarbon Dating |
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Organic Matter of Cultural Layers as a Material for Radiocarbon Dating |
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Organic Matter of Cultural Layers as a Material for Radiocarbon Dating |
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