Archaeological trap: Fish can make skeletons appear hundreds of years too old
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Archaeological trap: Fish can make skeletons appear hundreds of years too old
The Danish town of Svendborg was once home to a Franciscan monastery. As at other monasteries in Denmark, it was considered highly prestigious to be buried as close to the monastery church as possible, preferably inside the church itself, for instance near the chapter house or along the cloister.
Wrong date from the bone: Those who used to eat a lot of freshwater fish may appear centuries older in radiocarbon dating. At 27 medieval monastic burials in Denmark, six dates have proved to be incompatible with the building age of monasteries. The reason is probably the special carbon content of fish from lakes and rivers. Odense (Denmark). The radiocarbon method is one of the most important [...] The post freshwater fish can make skeletons ap…
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