Shed female caribou antlers extend records of calving activity on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by millennia by Joshua H. Miller, Eric J. Wald, Patrick Druckenmiller

“…Calibrated radiocarbon dates indicate that these antlers were shed between ~1,600 and more than 3,000 calendar years ago. …”
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SANTORİNİ VOLKANI VE MİNOAN PÜSKÜRMESİNİN TÜRKİYE’DEKİ İZLERİ by Hakan YİĞİTBAŞIOĞLU

“…Geochemical analysis of the volcanic ash from lake sediments together with radiocarbon datings that the provenance of this tephra is the Minoan eruption of Santorini. …”
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The Cultural Evolution of Neolithic Europe. EUROEVOL Dataset 3: Archaeobotanical Data by Sue Colledge

“…This is one of three datasets resulting from the EUROEVOL project; the other two comprising the core spatial and temporal structure of the project, including all radiocarbon dates (EUROEVOL Dataset 1) and zooarchaeological data (EUROEVOL Dataset 2) – <a href="http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1469811/" target="_blank">http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1469811/</a>.…”
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A note on a thermokarst feature on the North Slope of Alaska by R.G. West, J.J. Donner, T. Kankainen

“…It is drained by a partly sinuous flat-floored shallow valley with gentle margins. Three radiocarbon dates from a section of organic sediment at the margin of the depression, exposed by erosion, show that its accumulation extends back at least 7410 radiocarbon years. …”
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Bwigg: An Internet facility for Bayesian radiocarbon wiggle-matching by J. Andrés Christen

“…Wiggle-matching is used when a floating chronology of radiocarbon dates needs to be fixed in the calendar scale. …”
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Lithic usewear confirms the function of Wilamaya Patjxa projectile points by Ashley Smallwood, Randall Haas, Thomas Jennings

“…The data further reveal evidence of cutting and hide scraping consistent with animal processing activities. A new radiocarbon date shows that the female and male individuals were contemporaries, or nearly so, sometime between 9.0 and 8.7 cal. ka. …”
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Freshwater reservoir effects in archaeological contexts of Siberia and the Eurasian Steppe by Svyatko, SV, Reimer, PJ, Schulting, RJ, Shevnina, I, Logvin, A, Voyakin, D, Stobbe, A, Merts, IV, Soenov, V, Tsydenova, N, Varfolomeev, V

“…The data confirm previous observations highlighting that FREs are widespread but highly variable in the Eurasian Steppe in both modern and archaeological samples. Radiocarbon dates from organisms consuming aquatic sources, including humans, dogs, bears, aquatic birds and terrestrial herbivores (such as elk feeding on water plants), fish and aquatic mammals, as well as food crusts, could be misleading, but need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis.…”

Changes and Transformations on the Coast Using the Example of Roses (Alt Empordà, Catalonia) by Marc Bouzas Sabater, Josep Burch i Rius, Ramon Julià Brugués, Lluís Palahí Grimal, Pere Pons Mir, Joan Solà Subiranas

“…Data were integrated from the digital elevation model (LIDAR), a geomorphological analysis, and lithostratigraphic and chronological correlations based on eight geological boreholes and twelve radiocarbon datings, along with historical data and archaeological remains found in the surroundings of the Ciutadella. …”
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Hacia una definición del estilo Ychsma: aportes preliminares sobre la cerámica Ychsma tardía de la pirámide III de Pachacamac by Jane Feltham, Peter Eeckhout

“…Recent excavations in pyramid complex no III have uncovered a fine corpus of ceramic material which includes complete vessels as well as diagnostic sherds. Radiocarbon dates place the Late Ychsma style from the end of the 14th century to the arrival of the Incas on the central coast. …”
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Tumulus burial field on the north coast of Kuwait Bay.Preliminary excavation report on the spring season in 2012 by Łukasz Rutkowski

“…The excavation also provided the first secure datingevidence for the burial field in the form of a radiocarbon date for material from one of the tumuliand a dating based on the first pottery find from the tombs for another one. …”
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THE EVOLUTION OF ANTLER AND BONE CHEEKPIECES FROM THE BALKAN-CARPATHIAN REGION TO CENTRAL KAZAKHSTAN: CHRONOLOGY OF “CHARIOT” CULTURES AND MYCENAEAN GREECE by Stanislav Grigoriev

“…However, these conclusions are based on the use of radiocarbon dates for the steppe complexes and historical ones for the Near Eastern ones. …”
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The Flint Quarry of Pozarrate (Treviño, Spain) in the Context of Iberian and Early European Neolithic Mining by Antonio Tarriño, Irantzu Elorrieta, Diego Alonso-Herrero, Cristina López-Tascón, Hugo Hernández-Hernández, Nuria Castañeda, David Larreina, Mikel Aguirre, José Antonio Mujika

“…Recent research at the site has revealed interesting findings, such as antler and dolerite mining equipment and different flint tools, among other recoveries. Radiocarbon dates indicate an Early Neolithic activity which makes Pozarrate one of the few flint procurement sites in the Iberian Peninsula from this period. …”
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A prehistoric copper-production centre in central Thailand: its dating and wider implications by Higham, T, Weiss, A, Pigott, V, Higham, C, Ramsey, C, D'Alpoim-Guedes, J, Hanson, S, Weber, S, Rispolli, F, Ciarla, R, Pryce, T

“…By applying kernel density estimation analysis to approximately 100 new AMS radiocarbon dates, the authors conclude that the valley's first Neolithic millet farmers had settled there by c. 2000 BC, and initial copper mining and rudimentary smelting began in the late second millennium BC. …”

Redefining the timing and circumstances of the chicken's introduction to Europe and north-west Africa by Best, J, Doherty, S, Armit, I, Boev, Z, Büster, L, Cunliffe, B, Foster, A, Frimet, B, Hamilton-Dyer, S, Higham, T, Lebrasseur, O, Miller, H, Peters, J, Seigle, M, Skelton, C, Symmons, R, Thomas, R, Trentacoste, A, Maltby, M, Larson, G, Sykes, N

“…To evaluate its spatio-temporal spread across Eurasia and north-west Africa, the authors radiocarbon dated 23 chicken bones from presumed early contexts. …”

Historic fuel wood use in the Galápagos Islands: identification of charred remains by Froyd, C, Lee, J, Anderson, A, Haberle, S, Gasson, P, Willis, K

“…Charcoal fragments from five historic campsite locations in the Galápagos Islands were identified and radiocarbon dated to investigate postulated early human presence in the archipelago, historic fuel wood collection patterns and the resultant impact on native vegetation. …”

Feeding Anglo-Saxon England (FeedSax): Digital Data Archive by McKerracher, M, Hamerow, H, Bogaard, A, Hodgson, J, Charles, M, Ramsey, C, Thomas, R, Forster, E, Stroud, E, Neil, S, Holmes, M, Roushannafas, T

“…To this end, FeedSax created a large collection of archaeological data - both compiled from existing sources, and newly created through primary analyses - pertaining to charred plant remains, animal bones, stable isotopes, radiocarbon dates, and pollen records. The FeedSax digital archives includes the resultant datasets in CSV and Excel formats as well as a SQL database ('Haystack'), along with accompanying SQL queries and documentation in MS Word format. …”

Neolithisation of Sava-Drava-Danube interfluve at the end of the 6600–6000 BC period of Rapid Climate Chang: a new solution to an old problem by Katarina Botić

“…Despite their many shortcomings, new archaeological excavations and radiocarbon dates of Early Neolithic sites have provided us with new insight into the process of Neolihisation of this region. …”
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El Precerámico medio de Huarmey: historia de un sitio (pv35-106) by Duccio Bonavia, Laura W. Johnson-Kelly, Elizabeth J. Reitz, Elizabeth S. Wing

“…The principal characteristic of this site is that it displays a very particular lithic industry, which consists mainly of splintered pieces of stone and pebbles with bipolar percussion. The radiocarbon date situates the site between cal. 5750 and cal. 4950 BC. …”
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Radiocarbon chronology of the Neolithic-Eneolithic period in the Karelian Republic (Russia) by Alexey Yur'evich Tarasov, Kerkko Nordqvist, Teemu Mökkönen, Tatyana Khoroshun

“…The main goal is to present all cur­rently available radiocarbon datings, including the previously published dates, as well as the ones recently obtained by the authors. …”
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The beginnings of the Alwan capital of Soba in light of new archaeological evidence by Mariusz Drzewiecki, Tomasz Michalik

“…The results of recent excavations in the 2019–2020 season, including new radiocarbon datings, have provided additional information. …”
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