Quantum theory of radiocarbon calibration

World Archaeology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 543-566

  Weninger, Bernhard ^f   Clare, Lee ^a   Jöris, Olaf ^b   Jung, Reinhard ^c   Edinborough, Kevan ^d,e  

^a GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b MONREPOS Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Hominim Behavioural Evolution   (Germany)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aristophanes; Bayesian; normalization; quantum theory; Radiocarbon calibration

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84940958776     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2015.1064022     Document Type: Article

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