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Re: orion-list Radiocarbon
On Sun, 15 Aug 1999 15:12:03 EDT, MFriends@aol.com writes:
>
>In a message dated 8/14/99 11:31:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>tsimms@mailserv.nbnet.nb.ca writes:
>
>> Now, if there were OTHER contaminations such as pollen
>> from plants that ceased to exist locally at a precise,
>> and clear date, we would have another dating standard
>> besides textual references. So far as I know, we
>> don't.
>
>How practical is L/D Amino Acid Racemization dating, for example, if applied
>to the scroll skins or the hair on their back? Has it been tried? Does it
>work? It should give a relative date, that is, which scroll proteins died
>earlier and which died later.
>
>Michael Friends
Excellent question. I understand from the daily press that some
work is under way but I have no notes on file. I await others
to respond.
Tom Simms
For private reply, e-mail to Tom Simms <tsimms@mailserv.nbnet.nb.ca>
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