References

Bone/Collagen Extraction

• Longin, R. (1971) New Method of Collagen Extraction for Radiocarbon Dating. Nature 230, 241–242 . https://doi.org/10.1038/230241a0
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• Brock, F. (2013) Radiocarbon dating of historical parchments. Radiocarbon. Vol 55 (2-3). P 353-363. doi:10.1017/S0033822200057477
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Charcoal

• Ascough P(2008) Influence of production variables and starting material on charcoal stable isotopic and molecular characteristics. Geoch. Cosm. Act. 72(24):6090-6102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.009

Miscellaneous Applications

• Briant, R.M. et al. (2025) Radiocarbon dating insect samples. Environmental Archaeology, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2025.2561284
• Ingalls, A.E. et al. (2004)Radiocarbon dating of diatom-bound organic compounds. Marine Chemistry. Volume 92, Issues 1–4. Pages 91-105. ISSN 0304-4203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2004.06.019.
• Zuo, X., Lu, H., Zhang, J. et al. (2016) Radiocarbon dating of prehistoric phytoliths: a preliminary study of archaeological sites in China. Sci Rep 6, 26769. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep26769

Acid-Base-Acid/Oxidation

• De Vries, H.L. and Barendsen, G.W. (1954) Measurements of Age by the Carbon-14 Technique. Nature. 174, pages 1138–1141. https://doi.org/10.1038/1741138a0
• Bird, M.I. (2013) Charcoal. In: Elias S.A. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, vol. 4, pp 353-360. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00047-9
• Bird, M.I. et al. (2014)The efficiency of charcoal decontamination for radiocarbon dating by three pretreatments. Quaternary Geochronology. Vol 22 p 25-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2014.02.003

Result Reporting

• Millard AR. (2014) Conventions for Reporting Radiocarbon Determinations. Radiocarbon. 56(2):555-559. doi:10.2458/56.17455
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• Reimer PJ, Austin WEN, Bard E, et al. (2020) The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55 cal kBP). Radiocarbon. 62(4):725-757. doi:10.1017/RDC.2020.41
• Heaton TJ, Köhler P, Butzin M, et al. (2020) Marine20—The Marine Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curve (0–55,000 cal BP). Radiocarbon. 62(4):779-820. doi:10.1017/RDC.2020.68
• Hogg AG, Heaton TJ, Hua Q, et al. (2020) SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–55,000 Years cal BP. Radiocarbon. 62(4):759-778. doi:10.1017/RDC.2020.59

Data Calculations and Corrections

• Wacker L, Christl M, Synal HA. (2010). BATS: A new tool for AMS data reduction. NIMB. 268. 976-979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.078.
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• Reimer PJ, Brown TA, Reimer RW (2004). Discussion: reporting and calibration of post-bomb 14C data. Radiocarbon. 46(3): 1299-1304. doi:10.1017/S0033822200033154

Wood

• Hajdas, I. et al. (2017). Evaluation of preparation methods in radiocarbon dating of old wood. Radiocarbon. Vol 59 No. 3, p 727-737. doi:10.1017/RDC.2016.98
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• Southon JR, Magana AL. (2010) A Comparison of Cellulose Extraction and ABA Pretreatment Methods for AMS 14C Dating of Ancient Wood. Radiocarbon 52(3):1371-1379. doi:10.1017/S0033822200046452

Instrumentation/Equipment

• Wacker, L. & Němec, M. & Bourquin, J.. (2010). A revolutionary graphitisation system: Fully automated, compact and simple. NIMB. 268. 931-934. doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.067.
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Other

• Kondev et al (2021) Chinese Phys. C 45 030001 DOI 10.1088/1674-1137/abddae

Carbonates

• Zamanian, K. Pustovoytov, K. Kuzyakov Y. (2016) Recrystallization of shell carbonate in soil. Geoderma, Volume 282. Pages 87-95. ISSN 0016-7061.
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• Lanting, J.L. Aerts-Bijma, A.T. van der Plicht, J. (2001) Dating of cremated bones. Radiocarbon 43(2). DOI:10.1017/S0033822200038078
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