Marine reservoir effects deduced from 14C dates on pottery residues, bones, and Molluskan shells from the Hamanaka 2 archaeological site, Rebun Island, Hokkaido, Japan

Abstract

This article investigates the marine reservoir effects from apparent age differences among molluskan shells, birds, and sea mammals from the Hamanaka 2 archaeological site, Rebun Island, Japan, which was occupied during the latter half of the Late Jomon period (1300−1200 cal BC). The radiocarbon ages were younger in the order of charred wood