The Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Effect on Adak Island (Central Aleutian Islands), Alaska

Radiocarbon dates ( n = 18) from three archaeological sites on Adak Island, Alaska, were analyzed to understand the marine reservoir offset. Samples of marine and terrestrial origins recovered from the same archaeological context were compiled in nine pairs. The mean ΔR value calculated for them tot...

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Published in:Radiocarbon
Main Authors: Khasanov, Bulat F, Nakamura, Toshio, Okuno, Mitsuru, Gorlova, Ekaterina N, Krylovich, Olga A, West, Dixie L, Hatfield, Virginia, Savinetsky, Arkady B
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2015
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Archeology
Adak
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/azu_rc.57.18329
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033822200058446
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Summary:Radiocarbon dates ( n = 18) from three archaeological sites on Adak Island, Alaska, were analyzed to understand the marine reservoir offset. Samples of marine and terrestrial origins recovered from the same archaeological context were compiled in nine pairs. The mean ΔR value calculated for them totaled 545 ± 10 yr. This value can be regarded as a sound estimate of the marine reservoir offset in the central Aleutians.

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