Determination of the Radiocarbon Age of Parchment of the Vinland Map
The Vinland Map, drawn on a 27.8 × 41.0 cm parchment bifolium, is housed in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. In the northwest Atlantic Ocean, it shows “the Island of Vinland, discovered by Bjarni and Leif in company.” Skelton, Marston, and Painter (Skelton et al. 196...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0033822200064651 2024-06-23T07:55:40+00:00 Determination of the Radiocarbon Age of Parchment of the Vinland Map Donahue, D J Olin, J S Harbottle, G 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200064651 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033822200064651 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Radiocarbon volume 44, issue 1, page 45-52 ISSN 0033-8222 1945-5755 journal-article 2002 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200064651 2024-06-05T04:04:44Z The Vinland Map, drawn on a 27.8 × 41.0 cm parchment bifolium, is housed in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. In the northwest Atlantic Ocean, it shows “the Island of Vinland, discovered by Bjarni and Leif in company.” Skelton, Marston, and Painter (Skelton et al. 1965, 1995) firmly argued the map's authenticity, associating it with the Council of Basle (AD 1431–1449), that is, half a century before Columbus's voyage. Nevertheless, vigorous scholarly questioning of the map's authenticity has persisted (Washburn 1966; McCrone 1974; Olin and Towe 1976; Cahill et al. 1987; McCrone 1988; Towe 1990). We have determined the precise radiocarbon age of the map's parchment by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). The one-sigma calibrated calendrical date range is AD 1434 ± 11 years: the 95% confidence level age range is AD 1411–1468. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Atlantic Cambridge University Press Cahill ENVELOPE(-71.231,-71.231,-74.880,-74.880) Marston ENVELOPE(162.200,162.200,-76.900,-76.900) Washburn ENVELOPE(-86.133,-86.133,-77.617,-77.617) Radiocarbon 44 1 45 52 |
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The Vinland Map, drawn on a 27.8 × 41.0 cm parchment bifolium, is housed in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. In the northwest Atlantic Ocean, it shows “the Island of Vinland, discovered by Bjarni and Leif in company.” Skelton, Marston, and Painter (Skelton et al. 1965, 1995) firmly argued the map's authenticity, associating it with the Council of Basle (AD 1431–1449), that is, half a century before Columbus's voyage. Nevertheless, vigorous scholarly questioning of the map's authenticity has persisted (Washburn 1966; McCrone 1974; Olin and Towe 1976; Cahill et al. 1987; McCrone 1988; Towe 1990). We have determined the precise radiocarbon age of the map's parchment by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS). The one-sigma calibrated calendrical date range is AD 1434 ± 11 years: the 95% confidence level age range is AD 1411–1468. |
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Determination of the Radiocarbon Age of Parchment of the Vinland Map |
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Determination of the Radiocarbon Age of Parchment of the Vinland Map |
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Determination of the Radiocarbon Age of Parchment of the Vinland Map |
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Determination of the Radiocarbon Age of Parchment of the Vinland Map |
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Determination of the Radiocarbon Age of Parchment of the Vinland Map |
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determination of the radiocarbon age of parchment of the vinland map |
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