Archive: Maguirebridge Between the Tills

31900–31891 BCE

Maguirebridge Between the Tills

Maguirebridge Between the Tills

In radiocarbon terms, 31,892 BCE lies about 33,842 years before AD 1950, the conventional ‘present’ used in radiocarbon dating. That calculation is only a guide. Radiocarbon years are not calendar years: atmospheric carbon levels changed through time, and dates must be calibrated against independently dated records. At this depth in time, calibrated results are broad rather than annual.