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Radiocarbon dating at the British Museum — the end of an era

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sheridan Bowman
Sheridan Bowman*
Affiliation:
Department of Scientific Research, The British Museum, London WC1B 3DG, England.
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For nearly half a century, the Radiocarbon Lab at the British Museum was at the forefront of helping to develop and in applying this fundamental dating method. Thousands of samples were processed, and innumerable sites and objects dated. Now the lab has closed, and Sheridan Bowman, the Keeper of the Department of Scientific Research, assesses the lab's contributions.

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radiocarbon laboratoryBritish Museumdating programmedatelist
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News & Notes
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Antiquity , Volume 76 , Issue 291 , March 2002 , pp. 56 - 61
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2002

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