Problems of «deforming effects» explanation using radiocarbon dating of archeological objects

Рассмотрена проблема объективности радиоуглеродного датирования отдельных образцов из органики.This article focuses on the complex approach based on radiocarbon and tree-rings datings of archeological monuments of the Altai- Sayan region. The tree-rings were fixed clearly in wood samples and were valuable material for radiocarbon dating and tree-ring chronology. Radiocarbon dates of samples of the AltaiSayan region were compared to their direct position on Stuiver calibration curve. The elite barrows of the AltaiSayan region are the key monuments of scithian’s time and the determination of their chronology is important for any historical and archaeological reconstructions. The results of calibration of radiocarbon age were connected to the data of the floating tree-ring scale in order to determine its zero position. The zero position of the floating tree-ring scale was dated to 400±20-40 BC. The initial point for the chronological reconstructions of the Pazyryk-5 barrow was in the V-IV century BC. Chronological methods are especially important in case of their incorporated use. The study of the chronology of the elite barrows of the Sayan-Altai region is important for the determination of the origin, forming and development of the culture of the Scythian period

A Tree-Ring and 14C Chronology of the Key Sayan-Altai Monuments

From the 16th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Gronigen, Netherlands, June 16-20, 1997.We present a radiocarbon chronology of key Sayan-Altai monuments from the Scythian period, based on a statistical analysis of dates produced in the 1980s and now supplemented with new dates. These new 14C dates were produced for samples from the Tuekta-1 barrows (burial mounds) and were measured both in St. Petersburg and Groningen. These tree-ring samples were fitted to the calibration curve. Chronologies were established for the Arzhan, Tuekta-1 and Pazyryk-5 barrows. The time of the construction of the Arzhan and Pazyryk-5 barrows is the 9th and late 5th-4th centuries BC, respectively, and agrees with archaeology. According to new data obtained, the time of the Tuekta-1 barrow construction is some years older than has been accepted thus far by archaeologists.This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries.The Radiocarbon archives are made available by Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact [email protected] for further information.Migrated from OJS platform February 202