A field guide to mortar sampling for radiocarbon dating

Thomas Schrøder Daugbjerg; Alf Lindroos; Jan Heinemeier; Åsa Ringbom; Gerard Barrett; Danuta Michalska; Irka Hajdas; Rubina Raja; Jesper Olsen

doi:10.1111/arcm.12648

A field guide to mortar sampling for radiocarbon dating

Thomas Schrøder Daugbjerg^*, Alf Lindroos, Jan Heinemeier, Åsa Ringbom, Gerard Barrett, Danuta Michalska, Irka Hajdas, Rubina Raja, Jesper Olsen

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Abstract

Radiocarbon dating of mortars is a method for absolute dating of historical mortared stone structures. Successful mortar dating studies have answered chronological questions, while other studies have revealed that mortar samples can have complications and contaminants. These can cause inconclusive results even with present state-of-the-art techniques. Previous research shows that adequate and proper sampling of mortar samples is of fundamental importance for a conclusive radiocarbon analysis. Therefore, this article thoroughly reviews the processes and environmental factors that may cause problems for successful radiocarbon dating of mortar samples, and presents best-practice sampling strategies for radiocarbon mortar dating.

Original language	English
Journal	Archaeometry
Volume	63
Issue	5
Pages (from-to)	1121-1140
Number of pages	20
ISSN	0003-813X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12648
Publication status	Published - Oct 2021

Keywords

mortarsamplingdelayed hardeningdead carbonrecrystallization
radiocarbon dating

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