Freshwater Radiocarbon Reservoir Effects at the Burial Ground of Minino, Northwest Russia
If ancient carbon is incorporated into lakes and rivers, it can be transferred along the foodchain where it can cause radiocarbon dates to appear erroneously old. This effect is known as the 14C freshwater reservoir effect (FRE), and causes particular problems when dating human remains. Several stud...
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ftunivarizonaojs:oai:journals.uair.arizona.edu:article/16448 2023-05-15T17:46:03+02:00 Freshwater Radiocarbon Reservoir Effects at the Burial Ground of Minino, Northwest Russia Wood, R E Higham, T F G Buzilhova, A Suvorov, A Heinemeier, J Olsen, J Russia Mesolithic 2013-02-04 application/pdf https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/radiocarbon/article/view/16448 eng eng Radiocarbon https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/radiocarbon/article/view/16448/pdf https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/radiocarbon/article/view/16448 Radiocarbon; Vol 55, No 1 (2013); 163-177 0033-8222 Freshwater reservoir effect Mesolithic Stable Isotope info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2013 ftunivarizonaojs 2020-11-14T17:53:00Z If ancient carbon is incorporated into lakes and rivers, it can be transferred along the foodchain where it can cause radiocarbon dates to appear erroneously old. This effect is known as the 14C freshwater reservoir effect (FRE), and causes particular problems when dating human remains. Several studies have attempted to use carbon and/or nitrogen stable isotopes to predict the size of the FRE, with mixed success. We have examined whether the FRE at the Mesolithic-Neolithic burial ground of Minino, northwest Russia, is correlated with these stable isotope systems. To assess the size of the FRE, 9 pairs of human bone and burial goods were dated, such as spears and pendants made of herbivore bone. In addition, further human and faunal bones were analyzed for carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes. Although these stable isotopes suggest that freshwater resources dominated the protein intake of those buried at Minino, no relationship between stable isotopes and the FRE was found. Instead, we found that the FRE was relatively consistent at 490 ± 80 14C yr. With caution, this can be subtracted from burials at Minino to provide a low-resolution chronology for the burial ground. We demonstrate that it is not possible to assume that a relationship exists between stable isotopes and 14C, and each population thought to be affected by a FRE must be examined individually.DOI:10.2458/azu_js_rc.v55i1.16448 Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Russia Journals at the University of Arizona Minino ENVELOPE(35.300,35.300,63.783,63.783) |
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If ancient carbon is incorporated into lakes and rivers, it can be transferred along the foodchain where it can cause radiocarbon dates to appear erroneously old. This effect is known as the 14C freshwater reservoir effect (FRE), and causes particular problems when dating human remains. Several studies have attempted to use carbon and/or nitrogen stable isotopes to predict the size of the FRE, with mixed success. We have examined whether the FRE at the Mesolithic-Neolithic burial ground of Minino, northwest Russia, is correlated with these stable isotope systems. To assess the size of the FRE, 9 pairs of human bone and burial goods were dated, such as spears and pendants made of herbivore bone. In addition, further human and faunal bones were analyzed for carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes. Although these stable isotopes suggest that freshwater resources dominated the protein intake of those buried at Minino, no relationship between stable isotopes and the FRE was found. Instead, we found that the FRE was relatively consistent at 490 ± 80 14C yr. With caution, this can be subtracted from burials at Minino to provide a low-resolution chronology for the burial ground. We demonstrate that it is not possible to assume that a relationship exists between stable isotopes and 14C, and each population thought to be affected by a FRE must be examined individually.DOI:10.2458/azu_js_rc.v55i1.16448 |
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Wood, R E Higham, T F G Buzilhova, A Suvorov, A Heinemeier, J Olsen, J |
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Freshwater Radiocarbon Reservoir Effects at the Burial Ground of Minino, Northwest Russia |
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Freshwater Radiocarbon Reservoir Effects at the Burial Ground of Minino, Northwest Russia |
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Freshwater Radiocarbon Reservoir Effects at the Burial Ground of Minino, Northwest Russia |
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Freshwater Radiocarbon Reservoir Effects at the Burial Ground of Minino, Northwest Russia |
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