Old wood effect
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old-wood-effect-281-5768657
title:
Old wood effect
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The old wood effect or old wood problem is a pitfall encountered in the archaeological technique of radiocarbon dating. A sample will provide misleading or confusing results if materials of different ages are deposited in the same context. Stratification is not always clear-cut in practice. In the case of dating megalithic tombs, indirect evidence for the age of the tomb must always be obtained, because stone cannot be dated. When a number of objects are recovered from one deposit, the terminus
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Problems complicating the use of wood finds to date archaeological sites
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_wood_effect
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2023-07-06T14:03:39Z
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