The introduction and spread of rye (Secale cereale) in the Iberian Peninsula by Seabra, L, Teira-Brión, AM, López-Dóriga, I, Martín-Seijo, M, Almeida, R, Tereso, JP

“…To address this gap of research, previous and unpublished assemblages have been reviewed and analysed through an analytical set of methods: biometry, radiocarbon dates and integrating the remains of rye in the broad archaeobotanical record of the region. …”

A Bronze Age lip-paint from southeastern Iran by Nasir Eskandari, Eugenio De Carlo, Federico Zorzi, Stefano Dall’Acqua, Claudio Furlan, Gilberto Artioli, Massimo Vidale

“…We also report the first radiocarbon date ever obtained from a Bronze age cosmetic in the ancient Near East: results place the pigment in the early 2nd millennium BCE, a date compatible with several mentions of the powerful eastern-iranian civilization of Marḫaši in coeval cuneiform texts of Mesopotamia, as well as with its currently emerging archaeological picture.…”
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The Southern Brazilian shelf: general characteristics, quaternary evolution and sediment distribution by Michel Michaelovitch de Mahiques, Silvia Helena de Mello e Sousa, Valdenir Veronese Furtado, Moysés Gonsalez Tessler, Felipe Antonio de Lima Toledo, Leticia Burone, Rubens Cesar Lopes Figueira, Daniel Andreas Klein, Cristina Celia Martins, Daniel Pavani Vicente Alves

“…Also, a few but relatively consistent radiocarbon datings suggest the occurrence of a high sea level during Isotope Stage 3. …”
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Early Austronesians Cultivated Rice and Millet Together: Tracing Taiwan’s First Neolithic Crops by Zhenhua Deng, Zhenhua Deng, Su-chiu Kuo, Mike T. Carson, Hsiao-chun Hung

“…A more comprehensive review of all related radiocarbon dates suggests that agriculture emerged in Taiwan around 4,800–4,600 cal. …”
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Ancient DNA from a 2700-year-old goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) supports gazelle hunting in Iron Age Central Asia by André Elias Rodrigues Soares, Nikolaus Boroffka, Oskar Schröder, Leonid Sverchkov, Norbert Benecke, Torsten Günther

“…The sample was directly radiocarbon dated to 2724–2439 calBP. A phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial genome places the individual into the modern variation of G. subgutturosa. …”
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Des morts polysémiques : les sépultures en contexte d’habitat rural au premier Moyen Âge (ve-xie siècle) en Alsace by Édith Peytremann, Amélie Pelissier

“…With a corpus of 171 burials and 192 individuals from 19 sites, 46 of which have been radiocarbon dated and 30 dated by typochronology of the artefacts, the project led to the development of a methodology allowing a chronological, topographical, proxemical, biological and social approach of the practice. …”
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Stratigraphy and eruption history of maars in the Clear Lake Volcanic Field, California by Jessica L. Ball

“…Detailed stratigraphy has distinguished maar eruption products from pyroclastic deposits (monolithologic falls and flows, previously mapped together with maars as a single unit) and established a set of six eruption facies from maar deposit lithology, grain size parameters, and depositional structures. Radiocarbon dates from carbon films found on clasts at three outcrops have constrained several of these maar eruptions to ∼8,500–13,500 years BP, coinciding with eruptive periods previously estimated based on lake core tephrachronology. …”
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NUEVAS EVIDENCIAS DE CAZADORES RECOLECTORES TERRESTRES DEL HOLOCENO MEDIO Y TARDÍO EN TIERRA DEL FUEGO: EL SITIO CABO MONMOUTH 20 NEW EVIDENCE OF MIDDLE AND LATE HOLOCENE TERRESTRI... by FLAVIA MORELLO, MANUEL ARROYO-KALIN, LUIS BORRERO, JIMENA TORRES, MAURICIO MASSONE, PEDRO CÁRDENAS, GABRIEL BAHAMONDE

“…In this paper we evaluate archaeological evidence from a test pit excavation, synthesize stratigraphic and contextual data, and present a new radiocarbon date (5,520 + 50 years BP) on shell material of anthropic origin. …”
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From Coastal Sites to Elevated Hinterland Locations in the Mesolithic – Discussing Human–Woodland Interaction in the Oslo Fjord Region, Southeast Norway by Schülke Almut

“…They all have yielded radiocarbon dates from structures, mostly hearths, with later Mesolithic datings. …”
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Demographic dynamics between 5500 and 3500 calBP (3550-1550 BCE) in selected study regions of Central Europe and the role of regional climate influences. by Ralph Großmann, Mara Weinelt, Johannes Müller

“…To answer these questions, we have compiled an extensive list of published radiocarbon dates and created 14C sum calibrations for each region. …”
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A radiocarbon chronology for Estadio de Quillota in the Aconcagua Valley, Central Chile, with reference to the adoption of intensive maize agriculture and revisiting the timing of... by Swift, JL, Fuenzalida Bahamodes, N, Schulting, RJ

“…Seventeen new AMS radiocarbon dates presented here indicate two distinct phases of use at EDQ: An earlier phase (339-196 cal BC to cal AD 128-339), and a later phase (cal AD 1280-1387 to cal AD 1413-1458). …”

The worldwide marine radiocarbon reservoir effect: Definitions, mechanisms and prospects by Queiroz-Alves, E, Macario, K, Ascough, P, Ramsey, C

“…These studies rely on overcoming the influence of the MRE on marine radiocarbon dates through the worldwide quantification of the local parameter ΔR, i.e. the local variation from the global average MRE. …”

New dates and palaeoenvironmental evidence for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic occupation of Higueral de Valleja Cave, southern Spain by Jennings, R, Pacheco, F, Barton, R, Collcutt, S, Gale, R, Gleed-Owen, C, López, J, Higham, T, Parker, A, Price, C, Rhodes, E, Pérez, A, Schwenninger, J, Turner, E

“…The outcome is a series of OSL, TL and radiocarbon dates showing that the cave was occupied by Neanderthal populations in Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3, if not earlier, and by modern human Solutrean populations during the last glacial maximum. …”

Further isotopic evidence for seaweed-eating sheep from Neolithic Orkney by Schulting, R, Vaiglova, P, Crozier, R, Reimer, P

“…Three of the 12 sheep analysed show elevated δ13C values that can only be explained by the consumption of seaweed. Radiocarbon dates place two of the three animals in the Neolithic, coeval with the use of the monument for burial, while the third animal dates to the Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age. …”

Late Holocene uplift of Rhodes, Greece: evidence for a large tsunamigenic earthquake and the implications for the tectonics of the eastern Hellenic Trench System by Howell, A, Jackson, J, England, P, Higham, T, Synolakis, C

“…Several large earthquakes in the Hellenic subduction zone have been documented in historical records from around the eastern Mediterranean, but the relative seismic quiescence of the region over the period of instrumental observation means that the exact locations of these earthquakes and their tectonic significance are not known. We present AMS radiocarbon dates from uplifted late Holocene palæoshorelines from the island of Rhodes, showing that uplift is most consistent with a single large (MW ≥ 7.7) reverse-faulting earthquake between about 2000 BC and 200 BC. …”

Introduction to the Special Issue: correlating changes for environmental, technological and societal transformation in prehistoric eastern Asia by Liu, R, Dong, G, Ma, M, Pollard, AM

“…To tackle this, a large number of radiocarbon dates, primarily derived from short- lived materials, are provided in the Special Issue. …”

The cultural project: formal chronological modelling of the early and middle Neolithic sequence in Lower Alsace by Denaire, A, Lefranc, P, Wahl, J, Bronk Ramsey, C, Dunbar, E, Goslar, T, Bayliss, A, Beavan, N, Bickle, P, Whittle, A

“…To unravel the cultural project of the past, we apply chronological modelling of radiocarbon dates within a Bayesian statistical framework, to interrogate the Neolithic cultural sequence in Lower Alsace, in the upper Rhine valley, in broad terms from the later sixth to the end of the fifth millennium cal BC. …”

Towards an absolute chronology of early Mesopotamia: a radiocarbon perspective by Wencel, MM

“…The main aim of this thesis is to build a reliable absolute chronology for the Uruk, Early Dynastic, and Akkadian periods in Mesopotamia using radiocarbon (¹⁴C) dating. Radiocarbon dates published in the archaeological literature underwent a thorough evaluation in order to ensure that only reliable measurements were included in the analysis. …”

New dates and palaeoenvironmental evidence for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic occupation of Higueral de Valleja Cave, southern Spain by Jennings, R, Pacheco, F, Barton, R, Collcutt, SN, Gale, R, Gleed-Owen, C, Lopez, J, Higham, T, Parker, A, Price, C, Rhodes, E, Perez, A, Schwenninger, J, Turner, E

“…The outcome is a series of OSL, TL and radiocarbon dates showing that the cave was occupied by Neanderthal populations in Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3, if not earlier, and by modern human Solutrean populations during the last glacial maximum. …”

Holocene environmental evolution and relative sea-level change in the Oka estuary (Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, northern Spain) by García-Artola, Ane, Cearreta, Alejandro, Monge-Ganuzas, Manu, Nikitina, Daria, Li, Tanghua, Horton, Benjamin Peter

“…The chronology was constrained by thirty four radiocarbon dates from plant macrofossils, marine shells and wood fragments. …”
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