@article{0bcb7ea1630b44e8a558db872b62b74e,
title = "A New Radiocarbon Database for the Lower 48 States",
abstract = "From 2014 to 2020, we compiled radiocarbon ages from the lower 48 states, creating a database of more than 100,000 archaeological, geological, and paleontological ages that will be freely available to researchers through the Canadian Archaeological Radiocarbon Database. Here, we discuss the process used to compile ages, general characteristics of the database, and lessons learned from this exercise in big data compilation.",
keywords = "archaeological demography, big data, North America, radiocarbon, ISAS",
author = "Kelly, {Robert L.} and MacKie, {Madeline E.} and Erick Robinson and Jack Meyer and Michael Berry and Matthew Boulanger and Codding, {Brian F.} and Jacob Freeman and Garland, {Carey James} and Joseph Gingerich and Robert Hard and James Haug and Andrew Martindale and Scott Meeks and Myles Miller and Shane Miller and Timothy Perttula and Railey, {Jim A.} and Ken Reid and Ian Scharlotta and Jerry Spangler and Thomas, {David Hurst} and Victor Thompson and Andrew White",
note = "Funding Information: No author has a conflict of interest or financial interest relevant to this manuscript, nor were any research permits required. This project was funded by NSF grants to Kelly: BCS 14-18858, 16-24061, and 18-22033. The Texas date collection by R. Hard was funded by NSF grant 15-20308. We thank the many private firms and individuals who provided dates, reports, and clarifications on published information. The cooperation and goodwill of our colleagues was heartening. We thank the many students who worked on the project and David G. Anderson for assistance with the Digital Index of North American Archaeology and for providing US county centroids. Finally, we thank the late Richard Morlan, who had the vision and energy to initiate CARD. Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} The Author(s), 2022.",
year = "2022",
month = jul,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1017/aaq.2021.157",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "87",
pages = "581--590",
journal = "American Antiquity",
issn = "0002-7316",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
number = "3",
}