Event Details
Tuesday, Dec 6, 2011
PAST Monthly Meeting and Holiday Party
Time: 7:00 am til 8:30 pm
Location: B. Calvin Jones Center for Archaeology at the Governor Martin House (1001 DeSoto Park Dr)
Description: The PAST December meeting will be held Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at 7 p.m. We will have a holiday party, along with a presentation by Dr. Joseph F. Donoghue. The party and presentation will be held at the B. Calvin Jones Center for Archaeology at the Governor Martin House. The Center is located off Lafayette Street, between Seminole Drive and Myers Park Drive. Please bring a contribution to the party, such as an appetizer or dessert and a friend or two.
If you’ve ever had questions about how radiocarbon dating works or how scientists deal with variation in carbon levels over time, this is your chance to learn more!
ABSTRACT: Radiocarbon dating of carbon-bearing materials is the most widely used absolute dating tool for the latest Quaternary, covering the last approximately 100,000 years. Conversion of radiocarbon ages to calendar years involves several calibration and correction factors, each of which introduces a degree of uncertainty. Radiocarbon ages are calibrated to account for: (1) changes in the production rate of C-14 in the upper atmosphere, caused by fluctuations in solar radiation intensity and/or geomagnetic magnetic field strength (the DeVries Effect);
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