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Archaeological science

the overestimation of an event's age when the dated wood grew or died long before the event it is used to date.

In archaeological science, old wood problem refers to the overestimation of an event's age when the dated wood grew or died long before the event it is used to date. This meaning comes from Schiffer (1986) in Journal of Archaeological Science.[1]

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Schiffer, M. B. (1986). Radiocarbon dating and the “old wood” problem: The case of the Hohokam chronology. Journal of Archaeological Science, 13(1), 13-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/0305-4403(86)90024-5

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