An Assessment of the Radiocarbon Dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls
| Autor: | G. A. Rodley |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
010506 paleontology
Archeology Dead sea 060102 archaeology Dead Sea Scrolls 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Archaeology law.invention law General Earth and Planetary Sciences 0601 history and archaeology Statistical analysis Physical geography Radiocarbon dating Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Radiocarbon. 35:335-338 |
| ISSN: | 1945-5755 0033-8222 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0033822200065036 |
| Popis: | I suggest, on the basis of a statistical analysis, that recently determined “conventional radiocarbon ages” of Dead Sea Scroll documents are offset systematically by about +40 yr, leading to a similar overestimate of the ages of these documents. Much closer agreement with paleographic and specific dates is obtained when a correction of this magnitude is made to the “conventional 14C” values. This indicates that 14C dates may convey more precise information about the ages of these documents than initially recognized. |
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