Internet Archaeol 5. Wickham-Jones & Dalland 3.2

3.2 Calibration

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Figure 5:The probability distributions of the calibrated Fife Ness dates

The probability distributions of the calibrated dates are shown in Figure 5. The dates were calibrated using the calibration data published by Stuiver and Reimer 1993. The curve is fairly steep in the region between 8350 BP and 8650 BP (Figure 6) which is reflected in fairly precise calibrated dates. As can be seen from Figure 5, the most likely calibrated date for the site lies between 7400 and 7600 BC.

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Figure 6: Dates after calibration curve (after Stuiver and Reimer 1993).
The green band indicates plus/minus one standard deviation