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Radiocarbon Database: A Pilot Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Steinar Gulliksen
Steinar Gulliksen*
Affiliation:
Radiological Dating Laboratory, The Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Abstract

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Computer storage and surveys of large sets of data should be an attractive technique for users of 14C dates. Our pilot project demonstrates the effectiveness of a text retrieval system, NOVA STATUS. A small database comprising ca 100 dates, selected from results of the Trondheim 14C laboratory, is generated. Data entry to the computer is made by feeding typewritten forms through a document reader capable of optical character recognition. A text retrieval system allows data input to be in a flexible format. Program systems for text retrieval are in common use and easily implemented for a 14C database.

Type
VII. Archaeology
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 25 , Issue 2: 11th International Radiocarbon Conference , 1983 , pp. 661 - 666
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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