This volume is a major revision and expansion of Taylor's seminal book Radiocarbon
Dating: An Archaeological Perspective. It covers the major advances and accomplishments …

EVIDENCE from ice cores1 indicates that concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide
were lower by about 75 ppm during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM;∼ 18,000 years ago) …

Well-developed desert pavements are present above eolian deposits that mantle flows of
the Cima volcanic field, located in the Mojave Desert, California. Soil-stratigraphic data and …

With the growing recognition during the last two centuries that the Earth has an immense
age and processes over long periods of time have changed the morphology and …

Dating the Quaternary, which covers approximately the last 2 million years, has experienced
considerable progress over the past few decades. On the one hand, this resulted from the …

Thermal infrared Spectroscopy has become an increasingly important tool for remote
compositional analysis and geologic mapping. Most published laboratory measurements …

The peopling of the Americas is both the oldest and most frequently researched question in
American archaeology. Although rarely considered, early art has the potential to provide …

DATING of prehistoric rock paintings (pictographs) has traditionally relied on indirect
evidence. This includes inferences based on the archaeological context, such as …

Since World War II, there has been tremendous success in the development of new methods
for dating artifacts; the so-calledradiocarbon revolution'was only the first such discovery. The …

Using cosmogenic 36 Cl buildup and rock varnish radiocarbon, we have measured the
exposure age of rock surfaces at Meteor Crater, Arizona. Our 36 Cl measurements on four …