Re: Rat genes solve mystery of great Pacific odyssey

From: George (gblack_at_hnpl.net)
Date: 07/04/04 

Date: 4 Jul 2004 13:28:10 -0700

"KiwiBrian" <briantoz@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message news:<cc89q8$sbq$1@lust.ihug.co.nz>...
> "George"
>
> > RAT DATE ERROR.
> > It is always good to find that scientific work is presented in the
> > popular press.
> > But regarding your interview with Dr Fiona Petchy (August 21, ancient
> > feather emerges from bog), what was not made clear for the general
> > reader is rather important to know.
> > I did the rat dates for material sourced and published by the noted
> > New Zealand scientist Dr Richard Holdaway as part of his extensive
> > work on the ancient history of New Zealand.
> > The rat dates of up to 2000 years old which caused the original
> > controversy amongst archaeologists did not come from archaeological
> > sites. That is sites where ancient birds of prey regurgitated bones
> > from meals.
> > Dr Petchy seems to have mixed these results up with radiocarbon dates
> > which came from two archaeological sites in the South Island.
> > In 2001 I published a paper in the Journal of the Royal Society of New
> > Zealand for one of those sites showing the varied and too-old
> > radiocarbon dates on rat bone were from diet.
> > Dr Nancy Beaven-Athfield
> > Lower Hutt
>
> Can anyone clarify the last sentence and show how the incorrect dates were
> produced.
>
You have Dr Nancy Bevan-Athfields name and location. Why not ask her ?

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