Above image = a site in use from 1925-1885 BC w/ the range of radiocarbon dates that it might produce, hence why Bayesian approach needed...
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The following experiment is also interesting in above light re: radiocarbon dating, from https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JFy4tCrd-YIC&pg=PA125#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/2MfMMX2Ojf
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@caitlinrgreen I'm beginning to think that trying to c14 date an object out of context is a waste of time... -
@rogueclassicist You're not wrong :-/ It def needs more care than it's often given, and can lead people down utterly wrong tracks eg. the > -
@rogueclassicist > dating of late/post-Roman church sequence at Lincoln, where the same C14 used to reach totally opposite conclusions... -
@caitlinrgreen or the gjw... Or any other bit of papryrus -
@rogueclassicist Indeed, or Qurans, which was what reminded me of above image showing how a C14 curve may be misleading if viewed on own.
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@caitlinrgreen yes even these statistics can be "skewed". Correct sample sets etcThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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