Preliminary Report of the First Workshop of the Intcal04 Radiocarbon Calibration/Comparison Working Group
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Radiocarbon
- Vol. 44 (3) , 653-661
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033822200032100
Abstract
The first meeting of the IntCal04 working group took place at Queen's University Belfast from April 15 to 17, 2002. The participants are listed as co-authors of this report. The meeting considered criteria for the acceptance of data into the next official calibration dataset, the importance of including reliable estimates of uncertainty in both the radiocarbon ages and the cal ages, and potential methods for combining datasets. This preliminary report summarizes the criteria that were discussed, but does not yet give specific recommendations for inclusion or exclusion of individual datasets.Keywords
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