Vol. 41, No. 2: Contents

Vol 41, Nr 2

Radiocarbon

1999

[To printer 16 July 1999; to subscribers mid-August.]

From the Editor
Austin Long	iii
Articles
Methods, Materials, and Instruments
Reliability of Bone Gelatin AMS Dating: Rattus exulans and Marine Shell Radiocarbon Dates from Pauatahanui Midden Sites in Wellington, New Zealand
Nancy Beavan Athfield, Bruce McFadgen, Rodger Sparks	119
Radiocarbon Dating of "Old" Charcoal Using a Wet Oxidation, Stepped-Combustion Procedure
M I Bird, L K Ayliffe, L K Fifield, C S M Turney, R G Cresswell, T T Barrows, B David	127
Changes in ¹⁴C Activity over Time during Vacuum Distillation of Carbon from Rock Pore Water
G R Davidson, I C Yang	141
Radiocarbon Age Anomalies in Land Snail Shells from Texas: Ontogenetic, Individual, and Geographic Patterns of Variation
Glenn A Goodfriend, G Lain Ellis, L J Toolin	149
Archaeological and Historical Studies
Change of Diet of the Greenland Vikings Determined from Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis and ¹⁴C Dating of Their Bones
Jette Arneborg, Jan Heinemeier, Niels Lynnerup, Henrik L Nielsen, Niels Rud, Árný E. Sveinbjörnsdóttir	157
Use of Radiocarbon Dating in Assessing Christian Connections to the Dead Sea Scrolls
G A Rodley, B E Thiering	169
AMS ¹⁴C Dating of Equipment from the Iceman and of Spruce Logs from the Prehistoric Salt Mines of Hallstatt
Werner Rom, Robin Golser, Walter Kutschera, Alfred Priller, Peter Steier, Eva M Wild	183
Date List
Rudjer Boskovic Institute Radiocarbon Measurements XIV
Nada Horvatincic, Bogomil Obelic, Ines Krajcar Bronic, Dusan Srdoc , Romana Calic	199
Notes and Comments
Radiocarbon Calibration by the Date Distribution Method
Paul Muzikar	215
Letter to the Editor
Bias, Accuracy, and Precision
Marian Scott	221
Radiocarbon Updates	223
Correction	225