[meteorite-list] Havana date

From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:05:42 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <921461.15290.qm_at_web36907.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi Bernd, all

>Arnold & Libby (1951), who examined wood from the same Mound
>No. 9, found a C-14 age of 2,336?250 years, which confirmed the Hopewellian >age.

Exactly. At a minimum that uncalibrated 1951 RC date needs to be calibrated. Of course, that would not have the accuracy of acceleration separated RC sample, but that's probably about as good as could be done now.

And once again, as always, thanks to Bernd for clearing this up,

E.P. Grondine
Man and Impact in the Americas




      
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