Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit
Collaborating across disciplines & providing a high precision #radiocarbon dating service. https://radiocarbon.arch.ox.ac.uk
@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Node of NERC-AHRC funded National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social
- Wowee. Even older ages for rock art in Sulawesi. This time pushing into that period beyond 50ka, where there are tantalising glimpses into human activities through this region and into Sahul. Congratulations to the authors of this paper. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- A new paper lead by by Jo Ostapkowicz on some wonderful wood carvings from Brazil @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator UnitWalks into the Oxford laboratory under this inscription which reads "Chemistry offers eternal hope" .... that the equipment doesn't break and that the samples produce data
- The OxCal server is back up an running again. That was quick work by the @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social IT folks!
- Our server is currently down, so it is not possible to save OxCal projects. We'll let you know when the problem is fixed.
- New Year's resolution to learn more about 14C? Our short course 16/03-18/03 covers project design to practical OxCal workshops. Registration closes 15/02. NERC/AHRC students come for free - please email. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
- Looking forward to Monday and filling this space! @isotopesuk.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
- What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
- Woops - this is for last year. The dates are 16th - 18th March 2026, and the link is here; lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
- Reposted by Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator UnitWant to study #archaeology at graduate level in #Oxford? Join our tutors at 3pm Thurs 20 Nov on zoom for a cosy chat about our world-leading MSc Archaeology degree. Meeting link: zoom.us/j/9184876042...
- Reposted by Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator UnitIt's always so great to see our MSc Arch Science student research published. Congratulations McKenzie on your paper 'Redefining SW Amazonian chronologies and pottery use at the Teotônio site'. #archaeologicalscience #graduatestudy @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator UnitDeep Time Australia An epic story > 65,000 years in the making Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples have walked, worked & celebrated this land for millennia. Their cultures endure, alive in every story, every place, and every moment today www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/
- Copper smelting with the new MSc students at the wonderful @butserancientfarm.co.uk So much charcoal used!
- Reposted by Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit📸 friendly but mildly competitive cordage making @butserancientfarm.co.uk yesterday as tutors @rschulting.bsky.social, @chirikure.bsky.social & Rachel Wood (@oxradiocarbon.bsky.social) & our MSc Archaeological Science students sought to impress the quality control judge: Pawfessor Kenta 🐾#studyhere
- Amazing PhD studentship avaliable on Investigating Early Electrum Coinage with Neutrons and Muons available in the @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social jointly with ISIS. Deadline 19th Sept! www.arch.ox.ac.uk/article/exci...
- One month before the next NEIF deadline! Please get in contact asap if you want to apply for some radiocarbon dates in this round. For UK based students, post-docs and beyond. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html
- If you want to know more (or just about everything) about AMS, check out a brand new online book by one of the old masters Keith Fifield (ANU) with input from another - Martin Suter (ETH); hdl.handle.net/1885/733767269
- It's that time again... If you are UK based and would like to apply for radiocarbon dates, applications are due to the next NEIF round on 8 October 2025. 1-100 dates and training provided.
- Does microCT reduce the amount of collagen we can extract from a bone/tooth for dating and stable isotope work? We think it might. With Mathieu Duval and Laura Martin Frances @cenieh.bsky.social; www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- We dated some charcoal for @timeteam.bsky.social, and it showed that the standing stone at Farley Moor was indeed Bronze Age. Lovely to see how the project came together! www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtCM...
- Dr Bethan Linscott has published new dates for the Lapdo child, and another HYP case study showing how it can be useful to date really poorly preserved bone. Lovely work Bethan! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- For something a bit more lighthearted. www.bluey.tv/blog/watch-a...
- This is excrutiating for us to watch back, but was fun to film and I hope will be of use more broadly. Let us know if you use it for teaching etc.! archit.web.ox.ac.uk/radiocarbon-...
- Reposted by Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator UnitCongratulations to Jamie Cameron, Senior Chemistry Technician in our #Radiocarbon lab who is a 2024 Science Council CPD Award Winner. @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social @socsci.ox.ac.uk
