Dating of prehistoric burial mounds by 14C analysis of soil organic matter fractions

Pages & Document Description:
101 - 112; figs; refs; tables
Authors:
Heinemeier, Jan; Kristiansen, Søren M; Dalsgaard, Kristian; Holst, Mads K; Aaby, Bent
Abstract:
The authors present a soil science procedure which includes careful sampling of buried former soil surfaces, acid-alkali-acid fractionation of soil organic matter (SOM), and subsequent 14C AMS dating. The procedure was tested on soil from ten Danish burial mounds; humic acid fractions in seven of the ten mounds had the same age as the reference, or were, at maximum, 280 years older than the reference ages.
Dataset:
BIAB
Classifications:
1B, 1B, 1H

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