Data analysis and calibration of radiocarbon dating results from the cemetery of the Marquises of Jin

The chronology study of the cemetery of Marquises of Jin is valuable to imp roving the chronological table of Marquis of Jin family. It is also helpful for improving the chronological table of the Zhou Dynasty. The samples wer e measured at Peking University (PKUAMS). We also made an interlaboratory c heck with Isotrace to ensure the accuracy. By careful analysis of archaeolo gical information, we built different models and calibrated by OxCal. The c alibration results, both sampling contexts and estimations, are in very goo d agreement with the historical record. Because the dates of some events co rrespond to the special part of the curve, the calibration gets very high p recision. The calibration result of tomb M93 suggests that its host is Marq uis Shangshu instead of Marquis Wen.