Characterisation and blind testing of radiocarbon dating of cremated bone

Olsen, Jesper; Heinemeier, Jan; Bennike, Pia; Krause, Cille; Hornstrup, Karen Margrethe; Thrane, Henrik

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2007.06.011

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“…The positive control was fresh bone that characteristically displays an intense light-blue fluorescence. Severely degraded archaeological bone lacking this light-blue fluorescence served as the negative control [30]. Digital images of the fluorescence light were processed using ADOBE Photoshop 6.0.2 software.…”

Section: Assessments Of Colour Uv-fluorescence and Histological Appementioning

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Research potential and limitations of trace analyses of cremated remains

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Forensic Science International

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“…The potential and possibilities offered by stable isotope analyses on cremated bones appear in only a few studies, and these focus on stable isotope analyses of light elements or radiocarbon dating [21,[28][29][30][31].…”

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Research potential and limitations of trace analyses of cremated remains

Harbeck

Schleuder

Schneider

et al. 2011

Forensic Science International

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“…Lanting et al (2001) and Van Strydonck et al (2005) showed that a discrepancy could be made between charred bones, not suitable for dating and CB based on a color index like the ones provided by Shipman et al (1984), Mays (1998), and Munro et al (2007). Recently, Olsen et al (2008) came up with more objective parameters to make this distinction.…”

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¹⁴C Dating of Cremated Bones: The Issue of Sample Contamination

2009

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ABSTRACT. Recent comparative studies have proven the validity of radiocarbon dates of cremated bones. The issue of sample contamination has, however, been overlooked in most studies. Analyses of cremated bone samples has shown that in some cases, cremated bones are contaminated. This contamination is more distinct near the surface of the bones and depends on the compactness of the cremated bone as well as on the site conditions. δ 13 C is not a good estimator to discriminate between contaminated and uncontaminated bones. An acetic acid pretreatment is the most appropriate method to clean samples, but it is better to remove the surface and to avoid cremated bones that are not entirely white (cremation temp. <725 °C).

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“…An intercomparison project on incinerated bone from different periods in the Netherlands and Flanders has been carried out (Naysmith et al 2007). The quality of the incinerated bone necessary to have a reliable date and the chemical mechanism/process behind it has also been studied (Van Strydonck et al 2005, 2009Olsen et al 2008). …”

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The Impact of Cremated Bone Dating on the Archaeological Chronology of the Low Countries

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ABSTRACT. Since the publication of the first article van der Plicht 2001/2002) about the possibilities of dating cremated bones, the number of dated cremation remains has grown exponentially. The success of this dating technique lies in the fact that an absolute date now can be attributed to archaeological phenomena that previously were only datable indirectly. When archaeological artifacts where present, the cremation burials were dated based on the typology of ceramics and metals. An absolute date could be attributed if charcoal from the pyre were present. Unfortunately, these items were not omnipresent at the burial sites. Consequently, a complete site was dated by means of the few datable burials present. This implies that the internal chronology of the site could not be studied. Furthermore, the typochronology of the ceramics and the metals remains questionable. A series of dating projects on urnfield cemeteries in the Low Countries (northern France, Belgium, and the Netherlands) have shown that the classical chronology of these sites must be revised.

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Characterisation and blind testing of radiocarbon dating of cremated bone

Cited by 108 publications

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Research potential and limitations of trace analyses of cremated remains

Research potential and limitations of trace analyses of cremated remains

¹⁴C Dating of Cremated Bones: The Issue of Sample Contamination

The Impact of Cremated Bone Dating on the Archaeological Chronology of the Low Countries

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Characterisation and blind testing of radiocarbon dating of cremated bone

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Research potential and limitations of trace analyses of cremated remains

Research potential and limitations of trace analyses of cremated remains

14C Dating of Cremated Bones: The Issue of Sample Contamination

The Impact of Cremated Bone Dating on the Archaeological Chronology of the Low Countries

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