After Excavating a Hearth Feature You Submit Organic Material from the Hearth

question 27

Multiple Choice

After excavating a hearth feature you submit organic material from the hearth for a conventional radiocarbon date. The result comes back as follows: Beta-33003, 3500+/- 100 radiocarbon years BP. You know that:

• A) beta represents the Laboratory.
• B) 3500 represents the years before present.
• C) +/- 100 represents the standard error.
• D) All of the answers are correct.

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