Article PDF
Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.
Change history
21 April 2021
An Erratum to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-021-9769-2
References
Bronk Ramsey C, Heaton T J, Schlolaut G, Staff R A, Bryant C L, Brauer A, Lamb H F, Marshall M H, Nakagawa T. 2020. Reanalysis of the atmospheric radiocarbon calibration record from Lake Suigetsu, Japan. Radiocarbon, 62: 989–999
Chen F H, Dong G H, Zhang D J, Liu X Y, Jia X, An C B, Ma M M, Xie Y W, Barton L, Ren X Y, Zhao Z J, Wu X H, Jones M K. 2015. Agriculture facilitated permanent human occupation of the Tibetan Plateau after 3600 B.P. Science, 347: 248–250
Cheng H, Edwards R L, Southon J, Matsumoto K, Feinberg J M, Sinha A, Zhou W, Li H, Li X, Xu Y, Chen S, Tan M, Wang Q, Wang Y, Ning Y. 2018. Atmospheric 14C/12C changes during the last glacial period from Hulu Cave. Science, 362: 1293–1297
de Vries H L. 1958. Variation in concentration of radiocarbon with time and location on Earth. Proc Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen B, 61: 94–102
Dong G, Li R, Lu M, Zhang D, James N. 2020. Evolution of human-environmental interactions in China from the Late Paleolithic to the Bronze Age. Prog Phys Geography-Earth Environ, 44: 233–250
Heaton T J, Blaauw M, Blackwell P G, Bronk Ramsey C, Reimer P J, Scott E M. 2020a. The IntCal20 approach to radiocarbon calibration curve construction: A new methodology using Bayesian splines and errors-invariables. Radiocarbon, 62: 821–863
Heaton T J, Köhler P, Butzin M, Bard E, Reimer R W, Austin W E N, Bronk Ramsey C, Grootes P M, Hughen K A, Kromer B, Reimer P J, Adkins J, Burke A, Cook M S, Olsen J, Skinner L C. 2020b. Marine20—The marine radiocarbon age calibration curve (0–55000 cal BP). Radiocarbon, 62: 779–820
Hogg A G, Heaton T J, Hua Q, Palmer J G, Turney C S, Southon J, Bayliss A, Blackwell P G, Boswijk G, Bronk Ramsey C, Pearson C, Petchey F, Reimer P, Reimer R, Wacker L. 2020. SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere calibration, 0–55000 years cal BP. Radiocarbon, 62: 759–778
Libby W F, Anderson E C, Arnold J R. 1949. Age determination by radiocarbon content: World-wide assay of natural radiocarbon. Science, 109: 227–228
Miyake F, Nagaya K, Masuda K, Nakamura T. 2012. A signature of cosmic-ray increase in AD774–775 from tree rings in Japan. Nature, 486: 240–242
Reimer P J, Bard E, Bayliss A, Beck J W, Blackwell P G, Bronk Ramsey C, Brown D M, Buck C E, Edwards R L, Friedrich M, Grootes P M, Guilderson T P, Haflidason H, Hajdas I, Hatté C, Heaton T J, Hogg A G, Hughen K A, Kaiser K F, Kromer B, Manning S W, Reimer R W, Richards D A, Scott E M, Southon J R, Turney C S M, van der Plicht J. 2013a. Selection and treatment of data for radiocarbon calibration: An update to the International Calibration (IntCal) criteria. Radiocarbon, 55: 1923–1945
Reimer P J, Bard E, Bayliss A, Beck J W, Blackwell P G, Bronk Ramsey C, Buck C E, Cheng H, Edwards R L, Friedrich M, Grootes P M, Guilderson T P, Haflidason H, Hajdas I, Hatté C, Heaton T J, Hoffmann D L, Hogg A G, Hughen K A, Kaiser K F, Kromer B, Manning S W, Niu M, Reimer R W, Richards D A, Scott E M, Southon J R, Staff R A, Turney C S M, van der Plicht J. 2013b. IntCal13 and Marine13 radiocarbon age calibration curves 0–50000 years cal BP. Radiocarbon, 55: 1869–1887
Reimer P J, Austin W E N, Bard E, Bayliss A, Blackwell P G, Bronk Ramsey C, Butzin M, Cheng H, Edwards R L, Friedrich M, Grootes P M, Guilderson T P, Hajdas I, Heaton T J, Hogg A G, Hughen K A, Kromer B, Manning S W, Muscheler R, Palmer J G, Pearson C, van der Plicht J, Reimer R W, Richards D A, Scott E M, Southon J R, Turney C S M, Wacker L, Adolphi F, Büntgen U, Capano M, Fahrni S M, Fogtmann-Schulz A, Friedrich R, Köhler P, Kudsk S, Miyake F, Olsen J, Reinig F, Sakamoto M, Sookdeo A, Talamo S. 2020. The IntCal20 Northern Hemisphere radiocarbon age calibration curve (0–55 cal kBP). Radiocarbon, 62: 725–757
Renfrew C, Liu B. 2018. The emergence of complex society in China: The case of Liangzhu. Antiquity, 92: 975–990
Acknowledgements
All figures in the present manuscript were made using the Bayesian chronological software OxCal ver.4.4 (https://c14.arch.ox.ac.uk/oxcal/OxCal.html), made freely available by Prof. Christopher Bronk Ramsey. On behalf of the global 14C user community, the authors gratefully thank Prof. Paula Reimer, the outgoing co-ordinator of the “IntCal” (International Calibration) Working Group, for her tireless work in the role over the last two decades. Dr. Ruiliang Liu acknowledges financial support from the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant, “FLAME”, awarded to Prof. A Mark Pollard (Grant No. 670010) and from the University of Oxford John Fell Fund (Grant No. 0007844).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding authors
Rights and permissions
Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, duplication, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provided a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
About this article
Cite this article
Staff, R.A., Liu, R. Radiocarbon calibration: The next generation. Sci. China Earth Sci. 64, 507–510 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-020-9722-x
Received:
Revised:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-020-9722-x