buchanan {carbondate}

Example real-life data - Palaeo-Indian demography

Description

628 radiocarbon determinations collated by Buchanan et al. representing the ages of distinct archaeological sites found across Canada and North America during the time of the palaeoindians.

Reference:
Buchanan, B., Collard, M., Edinborough, K., 2008. Paleoindian demography and the extraterrestrial impact hypothesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105, 11651–11654.

Usage

buchanan

Format

buchanan

A data frame with 628 rows and 4 columns:

c14_age

The observed {}^{14}C ages of the samples (in {}^{14}C yr BP)

c14_sig

The uncertainty in the observed {}^{14}C ages reported by the radiocarbon laboratory

f14c

The observed F{}^{14}C concentrations

f14c_sig

The uncertainty in the observed F{}^{14}C concentrations reported by the radiocarbon laboratory

Source

http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0803762105