Ref ID:	25704
Ref Type:	Book Section in a Series
Authors:	Michczyński, A.
Title:	Problems of construction of a radiocarbon chronology for the time period 900-300 cal BC
Date:	2004
Source:	Impact of the environment on human migration in Eurasia
Place of Publication:	Boston
Publisher:	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Abstract:	This paper considers modelling the <sup>14</sup>C calibration curve using a variety of mathematical approaches. The main focus was the period of the 1st millennium BC which is characterized by fluctuations of the <sup>14</sup>C concentrations in the atmosphere. This results in a non-linear relationship between the radiocarbon age and calendar age. The present study focuses on the influence of the calibration curve on statistical inference concerning time intervals of archaeological cultures and phases. The result shows that for the first millennium BC the time intervals estimated on the basis of calibrated radiocarbon dates differ from the real intervals on the calendar timescale.
Date Created:	6/26/2008
Editors:	Scott, E. Marian Alekseev, Andrey Yu. Zaitseva, Ganna
Page Start:	117
Page End:	123
Series Title:	NATO Science Series IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences