Radiocarbon dating with temporal order constraints

Bayesian methods are now widely used for analysing radiocarbon dates. We find that the non-informative priors in use in the literature generate a bias towards wider date ranges which does not in general reflect substantial prior knowledge. We recommend using a prior in which the distribution of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nicholls, G, Jones, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2001