Internet Archaeology (Sep 1999)

BCal: an on-line Bayesian radiocarbon calibration tool

  • Caitlin E. Buck,
  • J. Andrés Christen,
  • Gary E. James

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11141/ia.7.1
Journal volume & issue
no. 7

Abstract

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In this paper we describe newly launched software for on-line Bayesian calibration of archaeological radiocarbon determinations. The software is known as BCal and we invite members of the world-wide archaeological research community to use it should they so wish. All that is required to gain access to the software is a computer connected to the Internet with a modern World-wide Web browser (of the sort you are probably using to read this). BCal does not require access to any additional 'Plug-ins' on your machine. Since the computations needed to obtain the calibrations are undertaken on the BCal server, if you have enough computer power to run your World-wide Web browser you have enough power to use BCal.

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