Wiggle-matching using known-age pine from Jermyn Street, London

Tyers, C., Sidell, J., van der Plicht, J., Marshall, P., Cook, G. , Bronk Ramsay, C. and Bayliss, A. (2009) Wiggle-matching using known-age pine from Jermyn Street, London. Radiocarbon, 51(2), pp. 385-396.

Abstract

A slice of pine from the period covered by single-year calibration data (Stuiver 1993) was selected to serve as part of the quality assurance procedures of the English Heritage radiocarbon dating program, following successful wiggle-matching of 14C measurements from structural 15th century English oak timbers (Hamilton et al. 2007). The timber selected was a roofing element from a house on Jermyn Street, central London, demonstrated by dendrochronology to have been felled in AD 1670. Eighteen single-ring samples were dated by the 14C laboratories at Groningen, Oxford, and SUERC: each laboratory was sent a random selection of 6 samples. This approach was intended to mimic the mix of samples and relative ages incorporated into Bayesian chronological models during routine project research. This paper presents the results of this study.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Cook, Professor Gordon
• Authors: Tyers, C., Sidell, J., van der Plicht, J., Marshall, P., Cook, G., Bronk Ramsay, C., and Bayliss, A.
• Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
• Journal Name: Radiocarbon
• Publisher: University of Arizona
• ISSN: 0033-8222