Molecular Fingerprinting Of14c Dated Soil Organic Matter Fractions from Archaeological Settings in NW Spain
Radiocarbon(2018)
摘要
This paper evaluates the complexities of radiocarbon ( C-14) dates from soil organic matter (SOM) in archaeological scenarios. The aqueous NaOH-insoluble residual SOM from Neolithic to medieval sites in NW Spain produced consistently older calibrated C-14 ages than NaOH-extractable SOM. Using pyrolysis-gas chromatographymass spectrometry (Py-GC-MS) and thermally assisted hydrolysis and methylation (THM-GC-MS). we analyzed the molecular composition of these SOM fractions, aiming to understand the differences in C-14 ages and to gain insight on SOM dynamics in relation to age fractionation. The molecular composition of the NaOH-extractable SOM, which accounts for roughly two-thirds of total SOM, has a larger proportion of microbial detritus than the NaOH-insoluble SOM. This might suggest that the discrepancies between the two fractions is due to microbial rejuvenation in the extractable fraction, leading to C-14 results that are younger than the activity that is to be dated. However, archaeological evidence presented here unambiguously shows that the C-14 age of the extractable SOM provides the more accurate age for the targeted activity, and that the insoluble fraction contains inherited old carbon. After statistical data evaluation using Partial Least Squares-Regression (PLS-R), it is concluded that this inherited SOM is a mixture of Black Carbon from wild and/or domestic fires and recalcitrant aliphatic SOM.
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molecular composition,Py-GC-MS,radiocarbon dating,SOM fractions,THM-GC-MS
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