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Preparation and Dating of Mortar Samples—Mortar Dating Inter-Comparison Study (MODIS)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

Irka Hajdas ,
Alf Lindroos ,
Jan Heinemeier ,
Åsa Ringbom ,
Fabio Marzaioli Open the ORCID record for Fabio Marzaioli [Opens in a new window] ,
Filippo Terrasi ,
Isabella Passariello ,
Manuela Capano ,
Gilberto Artioli  and
Anna Addis
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Irka Hajdas*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics, ETHZ, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Alf Lindroos
Affiliation:
Dept. of Geology and Mineralogy, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Jan Heinemeier
Affiliation:
Aarhus AMS Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Denmark
Åsa Ringbom
Affiliation:
Department of Art History, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Fabio Marzaioli
Affiliation:
CIRCE-INNOVA and Department of Mathematics and Physics, Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” Italy
Filippo Terrasi
Affiliation:
CIRCE-INNOVA and Department of Mathematics and Physics, Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” Italy
Isabella Passariello
Affiliation:
CIRCE-INNOVA and Department of Mathematics and Physics, Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” Italy
Manuela Capano
Affiliation:
CIRCE-INNOVA and Department of Mathematics and Physics, Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” Italy
Gilberto Artioli
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università di Padova, Italy
Anna Addis
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università di Padova, Italy
Michele Secco
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università di Padova, Italy
Danuta Michalska
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Bogumiła Krygowskiego 12, 61-680 Poznań, Poland
Justyna Czernik
Affiliation:
Poznań Radiocarbon Laboratory, Poznań Park of Science and Technology ul. Rubież 46, 61-612 Poznań, Poland
Tomasz Goslar
Affiliation:
Poznań Radiocarbon Laboratory, Poznań Park of Science and Technology ul. Rubież 46, 61-612 Poznań, Poland Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Roald Hayen
Affiliation:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Jubelpark 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Mark Van Strydonck
Affiliation:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Jubelpark 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Laurent Fontaine
Affiliation:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Jubelpark 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Mathieu Boudin
Affiliation:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Jubelpark 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Francesco Maspero
Affiliation:
CUDAM, Università di Milano-Bicocca, piazza della Scienza 4, 20126 Milano, Italy
Laura Panzeri
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienza dei Materiali, Università di Milano-Bicocca, via R. Cozzi 55, 20125 Milano, Italy
Anna Galli
Affiliation:
CNR-IFN, Piazza L. Da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
Petra Urbanová
Affiliation:
IRAMAT-CRP2A, UMR5060 CNRS – Univ. Bordeaux Montaigne, France
Pierre Guibert
Affiliation:
IRAMAT-CRP2A, UMR5060 CNRS – Univ. Bordeaux Montaigne, France
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*Corresponding author. Email: hajdas@phys.ethz.ch.
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Abstract

Seven radiocarbon laboratories: Åbo/Aarhus, CIRCE, CIRCe, ETHZ, Poznań, RICH, and Milano-Bicocca performed separation of carbonaceous fractions suitable for 14C dating of four mortar samples selected for the MOrtar Dating Inter-comparison Study (MODIS). In addition, optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) analyses were completed by Milano-Bicocca and IRAMAT-CRP2A Bordeaux. Each laboratory performed separation according to laboratory protocol. Results of this first intercomparison show that even though consistent 14C ages were obtained by different laboratories, two mortars yielded ages different than expected from the archaeological context.

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14CintercomparisonMODISmortarOSL
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Method Development
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Radiocarbon , Volume 59 , Special Issue 6: 8th International Symposium, Edinburgh, 27 June – 1 July, 2016 Part 2 of 2 , December 2017 , pp. 1845 - 1858
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Selected Papers from the 8th Radiocarbon & Archaeology Symposium, Edinburgh, UK, 27 June–1 July 2016

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