Res14C

Radiocarbon Dating Resolution Calculator

Overview

A python implementation of the method of calculating radiocarbon dating resolution. For an overview of the method see:

Svetlik, I., A. J. T. Jull, M. Molnár, P. P. Povinec, T. Kolář, P. Demján, K. Pachnerova Brabcova, et al. “The Best Possible Time Resolution: How Precise Could a Radiocarbon Dating Method Be?” Radiocarbon 61, no. 6 (December 2019): 1729–40. https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2019.134.

How to run

python res14c.py

Requirements

Running the script requires Python 3.6

Dependencies

The script requires the following libraries to be installed:

• NumPy
• SciPy

pip install numpy
pip install scipy

Author:

Peter Demján peter.demjan@gmail.com

Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, v.v.i.

Acknowledgements:

Development of this script was supported by OP RDE, MEYS, under the project "Ultra-trace isotope research in social and environmental studies using accelerator mass spectrometry", Reg. No. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000728.

Uses atmospheric data intcal13.14c from:

Reimer PJ, Bard E, Bayliss A, Beck JW, Blackwell PG, Bronk Ramsey C, Buck CE, Cheng H, Edwards RL, Friedrich M, Grootes PM, Guilderson TP, Haflidason H, Hajdas I, Hatté C, Heaton TJ, Hogg AG, Hughen KA, Kaiser KF, Kromer B, Manning SW, Niu M, Reimer RW, Richards DA, Scott EM, Southon JR, Turney CSM, van der Plicht J. IntCal13 and MARINE13 radiocarbon age calibration curves 0-50000 years calBP. Radiocarbon 55(4). DOI: 10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16947

License:

This code is licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE - see the LICENSE file for details