Jennifer Birch
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Jennifer Birch
@jenniferbirch.bsky.social
Archaeologist, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Georgia, semi-professional dog-walker. Canadian transplant to the US Southeast.
New article out in @science.org about bridging archaeology and history using #radiocarbon based on a session we organized for #SAA2025

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Redated artifacts rewrite how Indigenous people responded to European contact
Fresh radiocarbon data challenge archaeologists’ assumptions about North America’s Indigenous history
www.science.org
May 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
New up on the Dating Iroquoia blog: Bringing charcoal back to the forefront of radiocarbon dating 30 years after the AMS revolution datingiroquoia.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/t...
The role of tree-rings in radiocarbon dating
Did you know that tree-ring analysis and radiocarbon dating are closely related in getting precise dates for wood samples in archaeological contexts?             As highlighted in our previous blog…
datingiroquoia.wordpress.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reposted by Jennifer Birch
Trudeau: "There's not a snowball's chance in hell that Canada will ever be the 51st state"
February 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
New post up on the Dating Iroquoia project blog. Why does wood charcoal identification matter for archaeological radiocarbon dating? datingiroquoia.wordpress.com/2025/01/31/i...
#radiocarbon #archaeology #archaeobotany #iroquoian
February 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Reposted by Jennifer Birch
The Society for American Archaeology has developed a Citation Style Language (CSL) to help authors format their references. This file works seamlessly with reference management software like Zotero or Mendeley. The SAA's CSL file can be accessed here or from github.com/citation-sty.... #publication
github.com
January 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM