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The purpose of the C-14 calibration process is to convert a convention
al C-14 age into solar time and express the resultant transformation i
n a manner which accurately reflects the overall precision of the age
expression. Comparisons of C-14 and dendrochronological data provides
a detailed calibration record for the Holocene. The results of paired
uranium/thorium and C-14 measurements have been used to examine the C-
14/solar time offset during the terminal Pleistocene. This potential e
xtended calibration data base permits researchers to view within a lar
ger perspective the Holocene C-14 time spectrum as well as the charact
eristics of the various Holocene C-14 'time warps'. As an example of t
he potential effect of the extended calibration data based on the init
ial coral data, we compare calibrated C-14 age determinations associat
ed with the Clovis and Folsom fluted point tradition in North America
prehistory. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd