Archaeological Field Sampling and Material Selection for Radiocarbon Dating
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28 May 2026 8:00 am. in -07:00. until 9:00 am. 60 minutes
About this webinar
Join us for a complimentary webinar on best practices for archaeological field sampling and material selection for radiocarbon dating. Designed for archaeologists, geoarchaeologists, and heritage professionals, this session will provide practical guidance on selecting the right samples in the field to build robust site chronologies, avoid common pitfalls, and improve the reliability of dating results.
What you’ll learn:
– Radiocarbon dating in the archaeological context
– Building a robust site chronology: multiple samples, replication, and stratigraphic logic
– Best practices for sample selection & Field sampling strategy: charcoal, bone, seeds, carbonates, sediments, and mixed materials
– Key assumptions & challenges: old wood effect, reworking, intrusive material, reservoir effects, and preservation biases.
– Case studies
– Sample submission
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Speakers
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Maren Pauly
Dr. Maren Pauly is a paleoclimatologist who completed her PhD at the Freie Universität Berlin. Her research experience includes reconstructing climate from modern corals and subfossil tree-rings as well as Late Glacial radiocarbon calibration. She completed her Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
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Bailey Gemberling
Bailey Gemberling is an Account Manager at SGS Beta, where she supports archaeologists and geologists utilizing radiocarbon dating and isotopes for their projects. She has a background in archaeology and has participated in excavations and survey work both in the U.S. and abroad. She holds BA degrees from the Commonwealth University of Bloomsburg and joined Beta in 2021.