27211
Accession Number
24467
Author
Damon, P.E.; Donahue, D.J.; Gore, B.H.; Hatheway, A.L.; Jull, A.J.T.; Linick, T.W.; Sercel, P.J.; Toolin, L.J.; Bronk, C.R.; Hall, E.T.; Hedges, R.E. M.; Housley, R.; Law, I.A.; Perry, C.; Bonani, G.; Trumbore, S.; Woelfli, W.; Ambers, J.C.; Bowman, S.G.E
Author Affiliation
University of Arizona. Department of Geosciences;University of Arizona. Department of Physics;University of Arizona. Department of Geosciences; University of Arizona. Department of Physics;University of Arizona. Department of Geosciences;University of Ari
Title Of Article Chaper
Radiocarbon dating of the Shroud of Turin
Title Of Journal Book
Nature
Volume
337
Issue
6208
Pages
611-615
Collation
5 p. : ill.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Publisher
Macmillan Magazines Ltd
ISSN
0028-0836
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Very small samples from the Shroud of Turin have been dated by accelerator mass spectrometry in laboratories at Arizona, Oxford and Zurich. As controls, three samples whose ages had been determined independently were also dated. The results provide conclusive evidence that the linen of the Shroud of Turin is mediaeval. -- CAL
Keywords
radiocarbon;dating;Shroud of Turin;accelerator mass spectrometry; radiocarbon dating;age;linen -- CAL
pub_id
27211