Reservoirs and Radiocarbon: 14 C Dating Problems in Mývatnssveit, Northern Iceland

• Published in: Radiocarbon
• Main Authors: Ascough, Philippa L, Cook, Gordon T, Church, Mike J, Dugmore, Andrew J, McGovern, Thomas H, Dunbar, Elaine, Einarsson, árni, Frioriksson, Adolf, Gestsdóttir, Hildur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
• Subjects: Mývatn; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200042818; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033822200042818

This paper examines 2 potential sources of the radiocarbon offset between human and terrestrial mammal (horse) bones recovered from Norse (∼AD 870–1000) pagan graves in Mývatnssveit, north Iceland. These are the marine and freshwater 14 C reservoir effects that may be incorporated into human bones f...