Resumen de Dating resin coating on pottery: the Spirit Cave early ceramic dates revised

C.D. Lampert, I.C. Glover, R. E. M. Hedges, C.P. Heron, T. F. G. Higham, B. Stern, Rasmi Shoocongdej, B. G. Thompson

• Pottery found at Spirit Cave, Thailand, has been claimed as among the earliest ceramics in the world – a radiocarbon date of 7500 BP being obtained from associated charcoal. However radiocarbon dating of organic resin found on some of the sherds gave a date of around 3000 BP. This is another example of improved precision in dating by pin-pointing the context and using AMS. The authors describe how it was done and assess its validity