In a message dated 6/30/1999 11:54:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< Hello to all,

 I am faced with the problem of dating a settlement mound with occupation
 layers throughout the medieval and post-medieval periods, actually up to
 today.

 Is there any literature out there where the problems of 14C-dating in the
 past 4-500 years are tackled ?

 I would be grateful for any hint !

 regards

 D. Gronenborn

  >>


I have always heard that the accuracy breaks down in recent times--have you
considered OCR dating? Seems to work pretty well with later sites. Carl Steen