Radiocarbon Dating and the Protection of Cultural Heritage

The modern antiquities market uses radiocarbon (14C) dating to screen for forged objects. Although this fact shows the potential and power of the method, the circumstances where it is applied can be questionable and call for our attention. Here we present an outline of a call to radiocarbon laborato...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Radiocarbon 2019-10, Vol.61 (5), p.1133-1134
Hauptverfasser:	Hajdas, Irka, Jull, A J Timothy, Huysecom, Eric, Mayor, Anne, Renold, Marc-André, Synal, Hans-Arno, Hatté, Christine, Hong, Wan, Chivall, David, Beck, Lucile, Liccioli, Lucia, Fedi, Mariaelena, Friedrich, Ronny, Maspero, Francesco, Sava, Tiberiu
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Best practice Chemical Sciences Climatology Conference Paper Continental interfaces, environment Cultural heritage Cultural resources Due diligence Earth Sciences Ecology, environment Ecosystems Environment and Society Environmental Sciences Environmental studies Geochemistry Global Changes Humanities and Social Sciences Laboratories Life Sciences Looting Organic chemistry Plenary Talks Provenance Radiocarbon dating Radiometric dating Sciences of the Universe Stratigraphy
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Zusammenfassung:	The modern antiquities market uses radiocarbon (14C) dating to screen for forged objects. Although this fact shows the potential and power of the method, the circumstances where it is applied can be questionable and call for our attention. Here we present an outline of a call to radiocarbon laboratories for due diligence and best practice approaches to the analysis of antique objects requested by non-research clients.
ISSN:	0033-8222 1945-5755
DOI:	10.1017/RDC.2019.100