TY - JOUR AU - Morales, Manuel R. Gonzalez AU - Gonzalez-Rabanal, Borja AU - Gutierrez-Zugasti, Igor AU - Cuenca-Solana, David AU - Straus, Lawrence G. TI - CHALCOLITHIC/EARLY BRONZE AGE AND ADDITIONAL MAGDALENIAN RADIOCARBON DATES FOR EL MIRÓN CAVE (RAMALES DE LA VICTORIA, CANTABRIA, SPAIN). DATE LIST VII JF - RADIOCARBON J2 - RADIOCARBON PY - 2024 PG - 14 SN - 0033-8222 DO - 10.1017/RDC.2023.123 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34645272 ID - 34645272 N1 - Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Cantabria, Universidad de Cantabria, Gobierno de Cantabria Santander, Avda. de los Castros s/n, Santander, 39005, Spain Grupo de I+D+i EVOADAPTA, Evolución Humana y Adaptaciones Económicas y Ecológicas Durante la Prehistoria, Dpto. Ciencias Históricas, Universidad de Cantabria, Avda. de los Castros 44, Santander, 39005, Spain Centre de Recherche en Archéologie Archeosciences Histoire (CReAAH), UMR-6869 CNRS, Rennes, France Department of Anthropology MSC01 1040, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, United States Export Date: 21 March 2024 CODEN: RACAA Correspondence Address: Straus, L.G.; Grupo de I+D+i EVOADAPTA, Avda. de los Castros 44, Spain; email: lstraus@unm.edu LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Moreau, Christophe AU - Dumoulin, Jean-Pascal AU - Jaber, Maguy AU - Caffy, Ingrid AU - Delque-Kolic, Emmanuelle AU - Goulas, Cedric AU - Hain, Stephane AU - Perron, Marion AU - Setti, Valerie AU - Sieudat, Marc AU - Thellier, Bruno AU - Beck, Lucile TI - DEVELOPMENT OF A 14C PROTOCOL AT THE LMC14 FOR THE DATING OF CULTURAL HERITAGE MATERIALS: HISTORICAL MORTARS. PARTICIPATION IN THE MODIS INTERNATIONAL INTERCOMPARISON CAMPAIGN JF - RADIOCARBON J2 - RADIOCARBON PY - 2024 PG - 12 SN - 0033-8222 DO - 10.1017/RDC.2023.118 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34615844 ID - 34615844 AB - The absolute dating of mortar by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) has been the subject of renewed interest for several years. International intercomparison campaigns, called MODIS (MOrtar Dating Intercomparison Study), have been carried out. The first MODIS-1 campaign highlighted limitations in mortar dating, due to the similarity between the primary material to be dated (binder) and the contaminant (exogenous CaCO3). Methods have since emerged to overcome this problem and the need for a good preliminary characterization has been proven. The Laboratoire de Mesure du Carbone 14 (LMC14) took part in the second intercomparison campaign, MODIS2, by applying thermal decomposition increments to distinguish the carbonated binder, the organic matter contaminants (late in formation pyrogenic carbonate, LDH) and limestone. The LMC14 results on MODIS2 are quite conclusive on "pure" re-carbonated lime mortar binders containing little contaminant geological limestone but show their weaknesses for mortars heavily contaminated in Dolomites, which are difficult to discern from the binder. Recommendations for users of radiocarbon (14C) dating on mortar-based materials are made in the conclusion. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Dumoulin, J- P. AU - Moreau, C. AU - Delque-Kolic, E. AU - Caffy, I AU - Farcage, D. AU - Goulas, C. AU - Hain, S. AU - Perron, M. AU - Semerok, A. AU - Sieudat, M. AU - Thellier, B. AU - Beck, L. TI - 14C PREPARATION PROTOCOLS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SAMPLES AT THE LMC14, SACLAY, FRANCE JF - RADIOCARBON J2 - RADIOCARBON PY - 2024 PG - 14 SN - 0033-8222 DO - 10.1017/RDC.2023.119 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34615840 ID - 34615840 AB - The Laboratoire de Mesure du Carbone 14 (LMC14) has operated a radiocarbon dating laboratory for almost twenty years with ARTEMIS, the Accelerator Mass Spectrometer (AMS) based on a NEC 9SDH-2 Pelletron tandem accelerator. A first status report describing the chemical pretreatment methods was published in 2017 (Dumoulin et al. 2017). This article summarizes updates of the routine procedures and presents new protocols. The quality checks in place at the LMC14 and results obtained for the GIRI international inter-comparison are reported. New protocols developed by the laboratory over the last five years are described with the preparation of iron, lead white, cellulose, calcium oxalate, and mortar. This report also provides a summary of practical information for sample preparation and can help the laboratory users who provide samples and publish results to better understand all the work behind a C-14 dating. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Rakowski, AZ AU - Pawlyta, J AU - Miyahara, H AU - Krapiec, M AU - Molnár, Mihály AU - Wiktorowski, D AU - Minami, M TI - RADIOCARBON CONCENTRATION IN SUB-ANNUAL TREE RINGS FROM POLAND AROUND 660 BCE JF - RADIOCARBON J2 - RADIOCARBON PY - 2024 PG - 10 SN - 0033-8222 DO - 10.1017/RDC.2023.79 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34195789 ID - 34195789 N1 - Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 22B str., Gliwice, 44-100, Poland AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza Av. 30, Krakow, 30-059, Poland Humanities and Sciences/Museum Careers, Musashino Art Universally, 1-736 Ogawa-cho Kodaira, Tokyo, 187-8505, Japan Hertelendi Laboratory of Environmental Studies, Institute of Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (ATOMKI), Debrecen, H-4026, Hungary Isotoptech Zrt., Debrecen, H-4025, Hungary Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan Export Date: 1 January 2024 CODEN: RACAA Correspondence Address: Rakowski, A.Z.; Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 22B str., Poland; email: arakowski@polsl.pl LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Nazarov, EI AU - Kruzhalov, AV AU - Vasyanovich, ME AU - Ekidin, AA AU - Pyshkina, MD AU - Kukarskikh, VV AU - Parkhomchuk, EV TI - 14 C IN TREE RINGS IN THE VICINITY OF THE RBMK REACTOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT JF - RADIOCARBON J2 - RADIOCARBON VL - 65 PY - 2024 IS - 6 SP - 1343 EP - 1350 PG - 8 SN - 0033-8222 DO - 10.1017/RDC.2023.125 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34562421 ID - 34562421 AB - The paper presents the results of radiocarbon ( 14 C) concentration measurements in tree rings in the vicinity of Kursk NPP (Russia) with four operating RBMK reactors. The sampling was carried out from the site with the highest expected accumulation of radiocarbon in vegetation. The site was determined with long-term meteorological data. The measurements of 14 C concentration carried out with accelerator-mass spectrometer in Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia. The obtained results demonstrated the influence of exploitation of Kursk NPP to the concentration of 14 C in tree rings. Based on the equilibrium between the 14 C ratio in the tree rings and the surrounding air, retrospective estimates of the radiocarbon discharge and effective doses were made. Effective doses were calculated with two approaches: IAEA methodology and less conservative approach, considering the real food consumption in the Kursk region. The values of calculated doses by the second method (0.08–2.58 μSv) are more than 2 times less than IAEA approach (0.17–5.30 μSv). The highest difference between measured and background 14 C in tree ring is 41.7 ± 5.8 pMC in 2014 during the restoration of graphite stack. The main contribution to 14 С exposure in the considering period is caused by background – from 70 to 99%. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Piotrowska, Natalia AU - Klusek, Marzena AU - Boron, Piotr AU - Imiolczyk, Ewelina AU - Budziakowski, Mateusz AU - Poloczek, Adrian AU - Poloczek-Imielinska, Agata AU - Jaksik, Marian TI - DATING OF WOODEN HERITAGE OBJECTS IN THE GLIWICE 14C AND MASS SPECTROMETRY LABORATORY JF - RADIOCARBON J2 - RADIOCARBON PY - 2023 PG - 13 SN - 0033-8222 DO - 10.1017/RDC.2023.91 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34643228 ID - 34643228 LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Valek, Jan AU - Kozlovcev, Petr AU - Fialova, Anna AU - Kotkova, Kristyna AU - Frankeova, Dita AU - Svetlik, Ivo AU - Brabcova, Katerina Pachnerova TI - ASSESSMENT OF RESIDUAL GEOGENIC CARBON IN MORTARS CONCERNING RADIOCARBON DATING JF - RADIOCARBON J2 - RADIOCARBON PY - 2023 PG - 13 SN - 0033-8222 DO - 10.1017/RDC.2023.81 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34616055 ID - 34616055 AB - Quicklime samples were collected from six vertical layers (L1-L6) of a feedstock calcined in a traditional single-batch wood-fired kiln and assessed. Three samples were well-burned and three under-burned. The quicklime was slaked in an excess of water and the presence of unburned particles was investigated after settling it into putty. The putty was assessed as bulk and also at three depth levels. Thermal analysis determined the CO2 residua in the quicklime samples. Cathodoluminescence detected individual unburned particles and image analysis was used for their quantification. Settling of the putties led to a considerable reduction of geogenic particles in the layers above the bottom. This was also confirmed by the stable isotope analysis. In the case of the putties made from well-burned quicklime, the delta 13C values of samples L4 and L5 ranged from -25.5 parts per thousand to -20.5 parts per thousand VPDB, and the delta 18O values ranged from -17.5 parts per thousand to -16.5 parts per thousand VPDB. The fractionation was likely affected by the division according to the particle size during the sedimentation. The results of the 14C analysis correlate with the quantified percentage of cathodoluminescent particles. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Davis, Margaret A. AU - Culleton, Brendan J. AU - Rosencrance, Richard L. AU - Jazwa, Christopher S. TI - EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS ON PROCESSING LEATHER, SKIN, AND PARCHMENT FOR RADIOCARBON DATING JF - RADIOCARBON J2 - RADIOCARBON PY - 2023 PG - 23 SN - 0033-8222 DO - 10.1017/RDC.2023.88 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34615852 ID - 34615852 AB - Skin-based samples (leather, skin, and parchment) in archaeological, historic and museum settings are among the most challenging materials to radiocarbon (14C) date in terms of removing exogenous carbon sources-comparable to bone collagen in many respects but with much less empirical study to guide pretreatment approaches. In the case of leather, the 14C content of materials used in manufacturing the leather can vary greatly. The presence of leather manufacturing chemicals before pretreatment and their absence afterward is difficult to demonstrate, and the accuracy of dates depends upon isolating the original animal proteins and removing exogenous carbon. Parchments differ in production technique from leather but include similar unknowns. It is not clear that lessons learned in the treatment of one are always salient for treating the other. We measured the 14C content of variously pretreated leather, parchment, skin samples, and extracts, producing apparent ages that varied by hundreds or occasionally thousands of years depending upon sample pretreatment. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and C:N ratios provided insight into the chemical composition of carbon reservoirs contributing to age differences. The results of these analyses demonstrated that XAD column chromatography resulted in the most accurate 14C dates for leather and samples of unknown tannage, and FTIR allowed for the detection of contamination that might have otherwise been overlooked. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - van der Sluis, L. G. AU - Zazzo, A. AU - Tombret, O. AU - Thil, F. AU - Petillon, J-M TI - TESTING THE USE OF XAD RESIN TO REMOVE SYNTHETIC CONTAMINATION FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL BONE PRIOR TO RADIOCARBON DATING JF - RADIOCARBON J2 - RADIOCARBON PY - 2023 PG - 16 SN - 0033-8222 DO - 10.1017/RDC.2023.100 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34615841 ID - 34615841 AB - Museum collections are extremely valuable sources of material for ongoing research, although the conservation history of some objects is not always recorded, which can be problematic for chemical analyses. While most contamination is removed using the acid-base-acid treatment, this may not be the case for cross-linked contamination. The XAD resin protocol was implemented at the radiocarbon (14C) laboratory in the Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, and the setup was tested using known age bone samples and a consolidated Palaeolithic bone. Known age samples were consolidated with shellac or Paraloid, aged for a month, treated with or without the XAD resin and 14C dated. Bone blank results showed that XAD resin was able to remove shellac, which was not the case for the ABA-only method. Results from VIRI I were more variable and VIRI F was possibly too young to show the effects of the consolidants. Two 14C dates on the Palaeolithic bone after XAD treatment are statistically the same, while a sample without XAD treatment was significantly older, suggesting that the contaminant was not fully removed by the ABA-only treatment. This study demonstrates the potential of the XAD treatment to clean heritage bone samples stored in museums prior to geochemical analyses. LA - English DB - MTMT ER - TY - JOUR AU - Garnett, M. H. AU - Pereira, R. AU - Taylor, C. AU - Murray, C. AU - Ascough, P. L. TI - A NEW RAMPED OXIDATION-14C ANALYSIS FACILITY AT THE NEIF RADIOCARBON LABORATORY, EAST KILBRIDE, UK JF - RADIOCARBON J2 - RADIOCARBON PY - 2023 PG - 17 SN - 0033-8222 DO - 10.1017/RDC.2023.96 UR - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34615832 ID - 34615832 AB - Sample materials such as sediments and soils contain complex mixtures of different carbon-containing compounds. These bulk samples can be split into individual fractions, based on the temperature of thermal decomposition of their components. When coupled with radiocarbon (C-14) measurement of the isolated fractions, this approach offers the advantage of directly investigating the residence time, turnover time, source, or age of the different components within a mixed sample, providing important insights to better understand the cycling of carbon in the environment. Several laboratories have previously reported different approaches to separate radiocarbon samples based on temperature in what is a growing area of interest within the research community. Here, we report the design and operation of a new ramped oxidation facility for separation of sample carbon on the basis of thermal resistance at the NEIF Radiocarbon Laboratory in East Kilbride, UK. Our new instrumentation shares some characteristics with the previously-reported systems applying ramped oxidation and/or ramped pyrolysis for radiocarbon measurement, but also has several differences which we describe and discuss. We also present the results of a thorough program of testing of the new system, which demonstrates both the reproducibility of the thermograms generated during sample combustion, and the reliability of the radiocarbon measurements obtained on individual sample fractions. This is achieved through quantification of the radiocarbon background and analysis of multiple standards of known 14C content during standard operation of the instrumentation. LA - English DB - MTMT ER -