Increase in 14C dating accuracy of prehistoric skeletal remains by optimised bone sampling: Chronometric studies on eneolithic burials from Mikulin 9 (Poland) and Urziceni-Vada Ret (Romania)
Article Category: CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE “METHODS OF ABSOLUTE CHRONOLOGY” JUNE 5-7TH, 2019, TARNOWSKIE GORY, POLAND
Published Online: Jan 29, 2021
Page range: 196 - 208
Received: Oct 04, 2019
Accepted: May 29, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geochr-2020-0026
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© 2020 Tomasz J. Chmielewski., published by Sciendo
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Results of calibration and modelling of 14C dates (rounded by 5 years).
| Site | feature/sampled individual | dated bone(s) | Laboratory code | Age (14C BP) | Unmodelled cal BC (68.2%) | Modelled cal BC (68.2%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urziceni-Vada ret | grave 39/female ( | petrous part | PSUAMS 4229 | 5300±25 | 4230-4050 | 4230-4095 |
| tibia | DeA-17598 | 5334±33 | 4225-4060 | 4190-4055 | ||
| Mikulin, site 9 | feature 9 (grave)/individual 1: female ( | petrous part | Poz-105744 | 4596±37 | 3500-3195 | 3510-3370 |
| ribs | Poz-104804 | 4635±30 | 3495-3355 | 3480-3345 |
Urziceni-Vada Ret, Satu Mare County, Mikulin, site 9, and Dobużek Kolonia, site 1, Lublin Province. Archaeological context and specification of samples used for 14C dating and dietary studies.
| Site | feature/sampled individual | dated bone(s) | Laboratory code | Age (14C BP) | coll% | δ13C (‰) | δ15N (‰) | %C | %N | (C/N)at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urziceni-Vada ret | grave 39/female ( | petrous part | PSUAMS 4229 | 5300±25 | 10.3 | -20.4 measured with the AMS spectrometer | 12.0 | 28.1 measured in collagen | 10.2 measured in collagen | 3.2 measured in collagen |
| tibia | DeA-17598 | 5334±33 | 1.0 | -19.7 measured with the AMS spectrometer | 10.9 | 39.7 measured in collagen | 13.6 measured in collagen | 3.4 measured in collagen | ||
| Mikulin, site 9 | feature 9 (grave)/individual 1: female ( | petrous part | Poz-105744 the two radiocarbon dates were originally reported as a single one as their weighted mean (Poz-105744: 4628±26 BP) | 4596±37 | 1.4 | -17.4 measured with the AMS spectrometer | n.m. | 8.5 measured in raw bone | 1.6 measured in raw bone | 3.2 measured in collagen |
| (burial ground) | Poz-105745 the two radiocarbon dates were originally reported as a single one as their weighted mean (Poz-105744: 4628±26 BP) | 4661±37 | 48.2 measured in collagen | 17.6 measured in collagen | ||||||
| OxA-38015 | 4699±31 | 5.6 | -19.4 measured with the AMS spectrometer | 12.0 | 45.6 measured in collagen | 16.1 measured in collagen | 3.3 measured in collagen | |||
| ribs | Poz-104804 | 4635±30 | 13.1 | -19.6 measured with the AMS spectrometer | 10.2 | 8.0 measured in raw bone | 3.2 measured in raw bone | 3.2 measured in collagen | ||
| 49.5 measured in collagen | 18.1 measured in collagen | |||||||||
| OxA-38219 | 4614±30 | 10.9 | -19.9 measured with the AMS spectrometer | 10.5 | 46.6 measured in collagen | 16.4 measured in collagen | 3.3 measured in collagen | |||
| Dobużek Kolonia, site 1(settlement) | feature 24/ | humerus | Poz-105439 | 4635±35 | 3.5 | -21.1 measured with the AMS spectrometer | 7.9 | 6.4 measured in raw bone | 1.4 measured in raw bone | 3.2 measured in collagen |
| 50.5 measured in collagen | 18.5 measured in collagen | |||||||||
| feature 38/ | ribs | Poz-105447 | 4590±35 | 3.8 | -20.3 measured with the AMS spectrometer | 8.8 | 5.1 measured in raw bone | 1.1 measured in raw bone | 3.2 measured in collagen | |
| 50.4 measured in collagen | 18.5 measured in collagen | |||||||||
| feature 42/ | pelvic bone | Poz-105529 | 4680±40 | 3.1 | -21.3 measured with the AMS spectrometer | 4.8 | 8.4 measured in raw bone | 0.8 measured in raw bone | 3.2 measured in collagen | |
| 49.4 measured in collagen | 18.1 measured in collagen |