========================================================================= Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 11:07:09 SAST-2 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: Nick van der Merwe Organization: Beattie Fileserver UCT Subject: Re: Fate of Isotopes, Inc. laboratory? The suggestion that someone ,somewhere should archive the files of defunct laboratories is a good one. Of even more value is the sample storeroom.NJvdM Prof Nikolaas J van der Merwe Archaeology, U. of Cape Town Ph. +27 21 650 2350 Fax +27 21 650 2352 Internet: Nikolaas@beattie.uct.ac.za ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:30:54 -0700 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: David Sewell Subject: New book: Chronometric Dating in Archaeology Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Just a notice of a recently published book: R. E. Taylor and M. J. Aitken, eds. 1997. CHRONOMETRIC DATING IN ARCHAEOLOGY. Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science, Vol. 2. New York, Plenum Press: 395 p. ISBN 0-306-45715-6. $95. The book is an introduction to twelve different methods/issues in chronometric dating: climatostratigraphy, dendrochronology, 14C dating, potassium-argon/argon-argon, fission-track, uranium series, luminescence, ESR, protein and amino acid diagenesis, obsidian hydration, archaeomagnetic, and rock varnish surface dating. A review of the volume will appear in a forthcoming issue of RADIOCARBON. DS (P.S.: We've added a full site-search page to the RADIOCARBON Web server that will retrieve abstracts, lab listings, and other references by any text word(s) or name(s): http://www.radiocarbon.org/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/search/ ) -- David Sewell, Managing Editor RADIOCARBON: An International Journal of Cosmogenic Isotope Research Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona 4717 E. Ft. Lowell Rd., Tucson, Arizona 85712 USA Telephone: +1 520 881 0857 Fax: +1 520 881 0554 Email: David.Sewell@radiocarbon.org = dsew@packrat.aml.arizona.edu Web site: http://www.radiocarbon.org/ ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 04:02:50 -0400 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: Ted Johnson Subject: Re: New book: Chronometric Dating in Archaeology Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 09:30 AM 9/2/98 -0700, you wrote: >Just a notice of a recently published book: > > R. E. Taylor and M. J. Aitken, eds. 1997. CHRONOMETRIC DATING IN > ARCHAEOLOGY. Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science, Vol. 2. > New York, Plenum Press: 395 p. ISBN 0-306-45715-6. $95. > >The book is an introduction to twelve different methods/issues in >chronometric dating: climatostratigraphy, dendrochronology, 14C dating, >potassium-argon/argon-argon, fission-track, uranium series, >luminescence, ESR, protein and amino acid diagenesis, obsidian >hydration, archaeomagnetic, and rock varnish surface dating. > >A review of the volume will appear in a forthcoming issue of >RADIOCARBON. > >DS > >(P.S.: We've added a full site-search page to the RADIOCARBON Web server >that will retrieve abstracts, lab listings, and other references by >any text word(s) or name(s): > > http://www.radiocarbon.org/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/search/ >) > >-- >David Sewell, Managing Editor >RADIOCARBON: An International Journal of Cosmogenic Isotope Research >Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona >4717 E. Ft. Lowell Rd., Tucson, Arizona 85712 USA >Telephone: +1 520 881 0857 Fax: +1 520 881 0554 >Email: David.Sewell@radiocarbon.org = dsew@packrat.aml.arizona.edu >Web site: http://www.radiocarbon.org/ > >Dave: Good job, its about time all the technologies and methodologies are compacted in a location for reference and comment, especially if their is any interferrence that should be noted to the investigator about sites and the best initial preservation method before dating.. Ted ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 14:28:24 +0200 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: John Vogel Subject: Re: Fate of Isotopes, Inc. -Reply Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Hi Nic, When I took over the lab in Groningen, I found many valuable samples in the storeroom of de Vries which I could measure. JohnV ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 09:11:53 -0400 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: "Kolb, Charles" Subject: Re: New book: Chronometric Dating in Archaeology MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain FYI: My 12-page review of Taylor and Aitken (1997), published on H-NET REVIEWS in June 1998, can be accessed at the following URL: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=6306898705074 Charlie Kolb Charles C. Kolb National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access, Room 411 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20506 ckolb@neh.gov 202/606-8250 (direct line with voice mail) 202/606-8570 (secretary) 202/606-8639 (FAX) http://www.neh.gov -----Original Message----- From: David Sewell [mailto:David.Sewell@radiocarbon.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 12:31 PM To: C14-L@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Subject: New book: Chronometric Dating in Archaeology Just a notice of a recently published book: R. E. Taylor and M. J. Aitken, eds. 1997. CHRONOMETRIC DATING IN ARCHAEOLOGY. Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science, Vol. 2. New York, Plenum Press: 395 p. ISBN 0-306-45715-6. $95. The book is an introduction to twelve different methods/issues in chronometric dating: climatostratigraphy, dendrochronology, 14C dating, potassium-argon/argon-argon, fission-track, uranium series, luminescence, ESR, protein and amino acid diagenesis, obsidian hydration, archaeomagnetic, and rock varnish surface dating. A review of the volume will appear in a forthcoming issue of RADIOCARBON. DS (P.S.: We've added a full site-search page to the RADIOCARBON Web server that will retrieve abstracts, lab listings, and other references by any text word(s) or name(s): http://www.radiocarbon.org/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/search/ ) -- David Sewell, Managing Editor RADIOCARBON: An International Journal of Cosmogenic Isotope Research Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona 4717 E. Ft. Lowell Rd., Tucson, Arizona 85712 USA Telephone: +1 520 881 0857 Fax: +1 520 881 0554 Email: David.Sewell@radiocarbon.org = dsew@packrat.aml.arizona.edu Web site: http://www.radiocarbon.org/ ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 17:20:01 GMT Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: "A.Bayliss" Subject: Isotopes Inc A few years ago I was chasing information on some dates which were done in the 1960s by Isotopes Inc., Westwood, New Jersey. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 17:27:41 GMT Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: "A.Bayliss" Sorry about that failed message. My email crashed! As I was saying... A few years ago I was chasing old dates from Stonehenge as part of our recent redating of the site. These included four done in the 1960s by Isotopes Inc., Westwood, New Jersey (Lab Code "I"). Are these the same people? I contacted: Dr James Buckley, Teledyne Brown Engineering Environmental Services, 50 Van Buren Avenue, PO Box 1235, Westwood, New Jersey Tel: 201 664 7070 Fax: 201 664 5586 He was extremely helpful. So, I hope this is the right lab and the right person. Alex Bayliss English Heritage ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 08:12:35 -1000 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: Tom Dye Subject: Gamma rays Comments: cc: Tim Denham MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hello, A colleague asked me a question that I couldn't answer and he agreed to let me ask all of you. Feel free to reply either to me or to Tim Denham directly. Thanks in advance for your help. Tom Thomas S. Dye, Ph.D. http://www.lava.net/~tdye Home: 813 16th Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii 96816. Voice (808) 734-2087. Work: International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc., 949 McCully St., Suite 5, Honolulu, Hawaii 96826. Voice (808) 946-2548; Fax 943-0716. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 11:44:17 +1100 From: Tim Denham To: Tom Dye I have a question: it regards irradiation as a sterilisation treatment for imported soils. The company in Australia use gamma radiation - now will this in any way affect the carbon isotope ratios, thereby affecting radiometric dating? The company have no idea, and it seemed unlikely to me. Any information? The problem being that autoclave drying will affect the structure of the dried soils (high in clay content) thereby making them unsuitable for thin section preparation. I hope to have them solvent dried and thus need a different sterilisation technique (hence the irradiation - which is also very quick and cheap). Tim Denham, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, A.D. Hope Building, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia. Tel. (02) 6249 4418 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 08:39:23 +1200 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: "SPARKS, RODGER" Subject: Gamma rays - Reply Gamma irradiation should not cause any significant effect on the isotopic ratios of the material. The radiation typically employed by an irradiation facility will only interact with the atomic electrons, causing chemical effects only - that is why it is effective for sterilisation etc. No nuclear effects (ie nuclear transformation of one isotope/element to another) of any significance would be observed. Of course, given that chemical bonds will be broken and new ones formed, in principle some degree of fractionation between the compounds effected could occur. I do not know what the magnitude is likely to be, but it should be small. In any case, it would be allowed for by stable isotope measurement of the material before 14C dating. Rodger Sparks Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, 30 Gracefield Road, PO Box 31-312, Lower Hutt, New Zealand Email: r.sparks@gns.cri.nz Fax: +64 4 570 4657 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 01:31:31 EDT Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: "John A. Giacobbe" Subject: New Arizona Archaeological Council Web Page Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit The Arizona Archaeological Council (AAC) is pleased to announce the rejuvenation of our web page, located at The AAC is a nonprofit association for the maintenance and promotion of archaeology in the State of Arizona. We are dedicated to preserving Arizona's historic and prehistoric cultural resources through education and advocacy. The AAC embraces a diverse membership drawing from avocationalists, academics, federal, state and tribal agencies, private businesses, local communities, students, educators and volunteer organizations. The AAC web page contains information about the organization, including its goals, membership, officers and education efforts, as well as symposium abstracts, summaries of significant studies, annotated bibliographies, and of course links to other archaeological websites and information sources. In addition we have just added a message board, and are starting an electronic newsletter to inform members and the public about archaeological and historical goings on in the great state of Arizona. Please stop by and visit our page. We are hoping to build a useful and constantly updated source of information and communication between anyone with an interest in cultural history. Submissions, comments, critiques and rants are always welcome, so stop by and visit us at Thanks for your time, John Giacobbe cerci@doitnow.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 04:06:27 +0300 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: archonnet Subject: Archaeology on the Net - Site Update and Books Database MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Archaeology on the Net - Site Update and Books Database http://www.serve.com/archaeology Archaeology on the Net web site has been updated with the addition of an extensive books database and addition of 150 new sites to the resources index. The books database is an extensive collection of academic literature on archaeology and closely related subjects. More than 6000 books are collected in a searchable database which is divided into 72 categories including: American Archaeology - American Great Plains, American Southwest, Latin America, Mississipian Archaeology, South America Ancient History Anthropology - Anthropology, Human Origins, Gender Studies Archaeology / General: Computing, Method and Theory, Cultural Heritage Management, Ethnoarchaeology, Field Archaeology, GIS and Remote Sensing, Historical Archaeology, Industrial Archaeology, Underwater Archaeology Artifacts and Monuments - Artifacts, Ceramics, Lithics, Megalithic Monuments, Rock Art Classical Archaeology - Greek Art and Archaeology, Greek Architecture, Greek Sculpture, Greek Vase Painting, Roman Art and Archaeology, Roman Architecture, Roman Sculpture, Byzantine Archaeology. Cultures - Assyrians, Etruscans, Hittites, Inca Archaeology, Maya Archaeology, Minoans, Mycenaeans, Persians, Sumerians, Troy. Near Eastern Archaeology - Biblical Archaeology, Egyptology, Islamic Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology Prehistory - Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic Regional - Aegean, Africa, Anatolia, Arctic, Asia, Australia, British Isles, Europe, India and Pakistan, Pacific Islands, Scandinavia, Turkey Related - Agriculture and Pastoralism, Archaeometry, Conservation, Dendrochronology, Faunal and Floral Studies,Linguistics, Numismatics Tools - Bibliographies, Biographies, Excavation Reports, Maps and Atlases, Museums. Located at http://www.serve.com/archaeology/books/index.html. Archaeology on the Net is an annotated index of archaeology and related resources. At present there are links to 1500+ sites categorized under the following 33 subject headings: Academic Departments, Bibliographies and Documentation, Course and Teaching Material, Discussion Groups, Field Projects and Reports, Fieldwork Opportunities, Journals, Maps and Atlases, Museums, Newsgroups, Organizations, Institutes, Other Resource Lists, Anthropology, Archaeological Computing, Conservation, Archaeometry, Cultural Heritage Protection, Dendrochronology, Ethnoarchaeology, Faunal and Floral Studies, GIS and Remote Sensing, Linguistics, Lithics, Rock Art, Underwater Archaeology, Regional: Anatolia, Africa, North and Central/South America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Near East. You can add a resource to the listed categories from the main index page. The main index page is at: http://www.serve.com/archaeology Archaeology on the Net http://www.serve.com/archaeology archaeology-www@mail.serve.com ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 17:20:27 +0200 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: Karim Gernigon Subject: effect of bleach Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear members I have been working on a mesolithic rock-shelter which sediment is mainly made of clay. When we sieved (with water) that sediment, we were forced to wet it with dissolved bleach (NaCl if I'm right) in order to break the colloidal links between the clay particles. Does it have consequences on the future dating of charcoals and bones present in that sediment ? Thanks Karim GERNIGON UMR 56-08 UTAH - Prehistoire tel : (33) 561-50-37-17 Maison de la Recherche fax : (33) 561-50-36-98 Universite Toulouse-le Mirail 31058 Toulouse Cedex 5 France e-mail : gernigon@univ-tlse2.fr ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 16:11:58 +1200 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: "PRIOR, CHRISTINE" To all C14-L listmembers, He will be embarrassed we did this, but we are delighted to announce that Rodger J. Sparks has been awarded the 1998 Marsden Medal by the New Zealand Association of Scientists. The Marsden Medal is awarded for "meritorious contribution to the cause and/or the development of science" and "is intended as a recognition of services rendered to the cause or profession of science in New Zealand." We are all enormously proud of him and are certain that his friends and colleagues among the radiocarbon community will wish to join us in congratulating him on this well-deserved recognition of his many contributions to the development of AMS radiocarbon dating. The members of the Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory, Nancy Beavan Dawn Chambers Jannine Cooper Andrei Gaidamaka Lorraine Gilligan Ray More Margaret Norris Christine Prior Kelly Sutton Albert Zondervan ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 23:17:44 -0400 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: Ted Johnson Subject: Re: Radio Carbon Dating Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" On another note, I need to know a very simple and effective method to pour any certain material onto petroglyphs that will sink enough to penetrate by gravity to make a first casting, and that will not deteriorate the further ability to date the petroglyph by the material used. Thanks, Ted ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 15:46:27 -0800 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: "Alison Carter, ARCUS Business Manager" Subject: Student Award Announcement Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" STUDENT OPPORTUNITY The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) announces the Third Annual ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence competition. The student competition will be judged in four broad categories: Social Sciences, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Interdisciplinary with up to four awards given. The review panel will include top arctic researchers from various fields. The deadline for sumbissions is December 1, 1998. The award winners will receive $500 cash and an all expenses paid trip to the March 1999 Arctic Forum in Washington, D.C. where they will present their work to a broad-based audience of top researchers, funding agency personnel and government officials. For additional information and an entry form, please visit the ARCUS Web site at or contact the ARCUS office at arcus@arcus.org or (907)474-1600. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 15:57:34 -0500 Reply-To: sharma@PRIMELAB.PHYSICS.PURDUE.EDU Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: Pankaj Sharma Subject: 14C position Radiocarbon Laboratory Technician Purdue Rare Isotope Measurement Laboratory (PRIME Lab), Purdue University has a full time position available for a laboratory technician whose responsibility would be to prepare and analyze radiocarbon samples. The minimum requirements are a B.S. degree in Chemistry or Biochemistry, or previous experience in a radiocarbon laboratory. The position is an entry level with opportunity for advancement. Salary is negotiable. Purdue University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative employer. For more information contact Pankaj Sharma, PRIME Lab, Physics Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 (Tel. 765-494-2586, Fax 765-494-0706, sharma@physics.purdue.edu) and see our web page URL:http//primelab.physics.purdue.edu. Send your resume to Job Posting # 22213, Personnel Services Team 4, Freehafer Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.