Radiocarbon Dating of Mortar Charcoals from Medieval Rýzmburk Castle, Northwestern Bohemia

0568567 - ÚJF 2023 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Pachnerová Brabcová, Kateřina - Kundrát, Pavel - Krofta, Tomáš - Suchý, Václav - Petrová, Markéta - Pravdíková, Nikola - John, David - Kozlovcev, Petr - Kotková, Kristýna - Fialová, Anna - Válek, Jan - Světlík, Ivo - Povinec, P. P.
Radiocarbon Dating of Mortar Charcoals from Medieval Rýzmburk Castle, Northwestern Bohemia.
Radiocarbon. Roč. 65, č. 1 (2023), s. 275-283. ISSN 0033-8222. E-ISSN 1945-5755
R&D Projects: GA MK(CZ) DG20P02OVV028; GA MŠMT EF16_019/0000728
Keywords : wood charcoals * accelerator mass spectrometry * dating
OECD category: Analytical chemistry; Materials engineering (UTAM-F)
Impact factor: 8.3, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2022.89

Rýzmburk Castle is one of the largest and most important medieval castles in Bohemia, documented since 1250 AD. Its North tower is assumed to be built in 1260-1300 AD. To test this assumption, the surface layers of mortar were inspected for the presence of charcoals suitable for radiocarbon dating, and 10 charcoals were found. The charcoals probably originated from wood used for lime burning. The results of radiocarbon dating using accelerator mass spectrometry agree with the historical estimation. Single post-1287 sample indicates that the building date might be refined to 1287-1300 AD.
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