Reservoirs and radiocarbon : 14C dating problems in Mývatnssveit, Northern Iceland.

• Main Authors: Ascough, P. L., Cook, G. T., Church, M. J., Dugmore, A. J., McGovern, T. H., Dunbar, E., Einarsson, Á., Friðriksson, A, Gestsdóttir, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Arizona 2007
• Subjects: Marine reservoir effect; Freshwater reservoir effect; Norse period; North Iceland; Mývatnssveit; Mývatn; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/5227/; http://dro.dur.ac.uk/5227/1/5227.pdf; http://www.radiocarbon.org/

This paper examines two potential sources of the 14C offset between human and terrestrial mammal (horse) bones recovered from Norse (c.870-1000 AD) pagan graves in Mývatnssveit, North Iceland. These are the marine and freshwater 14C reservoir effects that may be incorporated into human bones from di...