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Social Sciences - Archaeology / museum labels | | Spanish term or phrase: cal. A.C. | This is on a label: "Cultura xxxxxx 850 cal. A.C – 550 cal. A.C." Granted AC is BC, what is cal.? Circa?
I need to be sure, thanks. |
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| | BC cal. | Explanation:
From a site on radiocarbon dating:
(“cal BC” means calibrated years before Christ as opposed to “BC” which means radiocarbon years before Christ.)
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/vertpaleo/aucilla12_1/radio9...
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Note added at 19 mins (2009-07-07 20:18:39 GMT)
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Note that some sources use BC cal., others cal BC
You might want to check with the client to see if they have a preference.
Two new radio carbon samples read 360 - 170 BC cal. and 180 to 50 BC calibrated.
http://www.harappa.com/baluch/print.html
To avoid confusion in reporting radiocarbon dates, the Journal of African Archaeology opted for standardized abbreviations as follows:
Uncalibrated radiocarbon years before present bp
Calibrated radiocarbon years BC, cal BC, AD or cal AD
http://www.african-archaeology.de/work/pdf/authors_guideline...
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Note added at 21 mins (2009-07-07 20:20:45 GMT)
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Final example:
Se intenta la convención, para ayudar un poco en el lío, de poner aC (o bC en inglés) para las fechas convencionales sin corregir, y AC (o BC, o incluso CAL AC o CAL BC) para las calibradas o corregidas, pero no todos los autores lo siguen.
http://www.celtiberia.net/articulo.asp?id=3347&pagina=2 |
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Local time: 03:48
| Grading comment Thanks! I didn't think this was it because the samples were inorganic, but I guess that's the case.
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11 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +5 BC cal.
Explanation:
From a site on radiocarbon dating:
(“cal BC” means calibrated years before Christ as opposed to “BC” which means radiocarbon years before Christ.)
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/vertpaleo/aucilla12_1/radio9...
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Note added at 19 mins (2009-07-07 20:18:39 GMT)
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Note that some sources use BC cal., others cal BC
You might want to check with the client to see if they have a preference.
Two new radio carbon samples read 360 - 170 BC cal. and 180 to 50 BC calibrated.
http://www.harappa.com/baluch/print.html
To avoid confusion in reporting radiocarbon dates, the Journal of African Archaeology opted for standardized abbreviations as follows:
Uncalibrated radiocarbon years before present bp
Calibrated radiocarbon years BC, cal BC, AD or cal AD
http://www.african-archaeology.de/work/pdf/authors_guideline...
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Note added at 21 mins (2009-07-07 20:20:45 GMT)
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Final example:
Se intenta la convención, para ayudar un poco en el lío, de poner aC (o bC en inglés) para las fechas convencionales sin corregir, y AC (o BC, o incluso CAL AC o CAL BC) para las calibradas o corregidas, pero no todos los autores lo siguen.
http://www.celtiberia.net/articulo.asp?id=3347&pagina=2
| K Donnelly
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| | Grading comment | Thanks! I didn't think this was it because the samples were inorganic, but I guess that's the case. |
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