Radiocarbon Dating and the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Comment on "Redating".
The article discusses the concept of the radiocarbon dating or C dating method used by three independent C laboratories in identifying the dates of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the 1990s. It provides information on the principles, procedures, conventions and calibration of the C dating method. It highlig...
| Publicado en: | Dead Sea Discoveries Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 77 - 90 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
Mar2007
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| Sumario: | The article discusses the concept of the radiocarbon dating or C dating method used by three independent C laboratories in identifying the dates of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the 1990s. It provides information on the principles, procedures, conventions and calibration of the C dating method. It highlights the advantages of the C timescale over a calendar timescale. It claims that the C dating method is a proven dating method with applications in many fields of science. |
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