Cudi
Concern About C-14 Dating
Could
there have been any possible contamination of wood or process?
Early C-14 dating (1971) only a few years after first
C-14 dating process discovered
•C-14 dating process was not “refined” at the time
•Third Radiocarbon Revolution: AMS started 1980, which
raises questions…
•Samples were destroyed in the original process so there
is no material left to test
Pea-sized wood pieces were carbon-dated 18 years after
they were found
Sample found under
0.8 to 1.0 m of clay and sand, which ground water and melting snow could saturate (snow-covered at the time) and could also
cause C-14 issues
Sample was of pea-sized wood particles with tar or
asphalt on them
Dating occurred after “thorough dissolution of the
asphalt with carbon tetrachloride”
How was the sample protected in transport from southeast
Turkey?
•Bender rafted down the Tigris 140 km to get to Mt. Cudi
itself in 1953
While the sample was transported from Turkey to
Germany?
While the sample was stored in Germany for nearly two
decades?03/10/2009
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