Use of AMS 14C dating to explore issues of occupation and demise at the medieval city of Angkor, Cambodia

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dc.contributor.authorPenny, Den_AU
dc.contributor.authorHua, Qen_AU
dc.contributor.authorPottier, Cen_AU
dc.contributor.authorFletcher, Ren_AU
dc.contributor.authorBarbetti, Men_AU
dc.date.accessioned2009-11-02en_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T05:03:32Zen_AU
dc.date.available2009-11-02en_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T05:03:32Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2007-03-05en_AU
dc.date.statistics2007-03-05en_AU
dc.description.abstractAngkorian temples are characterised by one or more encircling moats that are excavated into the alluvial substrate. As a key part of the overall design of the temple, the moats are important symbolically and are presumed to be contemporaneous with the associated temple. They also represent important depositional basins for sediment and other materials and can therefore yield vertical profiles of sediment that has accumulated since the moat was originally excavated. Unconformities in these moat profiles can be dated absolutely using small-sample, high-precision AMS radiocarbon techniques. These unconformities are likely to represent periodic re-excavation or maintenance of the moat and therefore indicate the presence of large, presumably centrally organised workforces. In some instances, presumed anthropogenic unconformities occur centuries after Angkor was supposedly abandoned. In this way, radiocarbon dates themselves are being used as a proxy indicator of cultural activity and are being used to challenge the historiography of Angkor’s famous demise. © 2007, Elsevier Ltd.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationPenny, D., Hua, Q., Pottier, C., Fletcher, R., & Barbetti, M. (2007). Use of AMS 14C dating to explore issues of occupation and demise at the medieval city of Angkor, Cambodia. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 259(1), 388-394. doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2007.02.095en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc1230en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0168-583Xen_AU
dc.identifier.issue1en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atomsen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination388-394en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2007.02.095en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/2149en_AU
dc.identifier.volume259en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherElsevieren_AU
dc.subjectCarbon 14en_AU
dc.subjectCambodiaen_AU
dc.subjectSedimentsen_AU
dc.subjectIsotope datingen_AU
dc.subjectHistorical aspectsen_AU
dc.subjectExcavationen_AU
dc.titleUse of AMS 14C dating to explore issues of occupation and demise at the medieval city of Angkor, Cambodiaen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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