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Website Update: Pages in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish

Published on December 16, 2010

Beta Analytic's website www.radiocarbon.com has recently been updated with select pages translated in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. Read More

Beta Analytic Promotes Commercial Carbon Dating Services at TAG 2010

Published on December 15, 2010

Radiocarbon dating lab Beta Analytic, Inc., joins the 32nd Annual Conference of the Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) as exhibitor. The conference will be held at the University of Bristol in the UK from December 17 to December 19, 2010. Participants interested to know more about the company's professional radiocarbon dating services are encouraged to meet Beta Analytic associate Solene de Brebisson at the exhibit hall. Read More

Beta Analytic Co-Sponsors 2010 International Symposium on Foraminifera

Published on September 22, 2010

ISO/IEC 17025:2005-accredited Beta Analytic Inc. was one of the sponsors of FORAMS 2010, an international symposium on foraminifera. The event was held in Bonn, Germany, from Sept. 5 to Sept. 10, 2010, and was attended by more than 300 delegates from 45 countries. Read More

Artifacts in Belize Capture Extensive Salt-making Industry of Ancient Mayans

Published on September 17, 2010

Although abundant in the coastal areas of Belize, salt was a scarce resource in the inner cities of the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala in ancient times. To reach these inland areas, researchers believe that salt was imported from the Yucatan coast; the manner of transportation, however, was not clear. During a systematic underwater survey of the Punta Ycacos Lagoon in 2004, researchers found an important piece of the puzzle - a wooden canoe paddle. Read More

Tracing the Decline of the Tundra Muskox

Published on September 11, 2010

The tundra muskox (Ovibos moschatus) nowadays is endemic to Greenland and the islands of the Arctic Archipelago. Studies show that these animals have notably low genetic diversity. According to researchers, this hasn't always been the case. Like other megafaunal mammals, the muskoxen thrived in Eurasia and North America before extinctions occurred 10,000 years ago around the time of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. The muskoxen in the late Pleistocene were also more genetically diverse than their modern counterparts. Read More

Website Update: Pages in French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish

Published on December 16, 2010

Beta Analytic's website www.radiocarbon.com has recently been updated with select pages translated in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. Read More

Beta Analytic Promotes Commercial Carbon Dating Services at TAG 2010

Published on December 15, 2010

Radiocarbon dating lab Beta Analytic, Inc., joins the 32nd Annual Conference of the Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) as exhibitor. The conference will be held at the University of Bristol in the UK from December 17 to December 19, 2010. Participants interested to know more about the company's professional radiocarbon dating services are encouraged to meet Beta Analytic associate Solene de Brebisson at the exhibit hall. Read More

Beta Analytic Co-Sponsors 2010 International Symposium on Foraminifera

Published on September 22, 2010

ISO/IEC 17025:2005-accredited Beta Analytic Inc. was one of the sponsors of FORAMS 2010, an international symposium on foraminifera. The event was held in Bonn, Germany, from Sept. 5 to Sept. 10, 2010, and was attended by more than 300 delegates from 45 countries. Read More

Artifacts in Belize Capture Extensive Salt-making Industry of Ancient Mayans

Published on September 17, 2010

Although abundant in the coastal areas of Belize, salt was a scarce resource in the inner cities of the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala in ancient times. To reach these inland areas, researchers believe that salt was imported from the Yucatan coast; the manner of transportation, however, was not clear. During a systematic underwater survey of the Punta Ycacos Lagoon in 2004, researchers found an important piece of the puzzle - a wooden canoe paddle. Read More

Tracing the Decline of the Tundra Muskox

Published on September 11, 2010

The tundra muskox (Ovibos moschatus) nowadays is endemic to Greenland and the islands of the Arctic Archipelago. Studies show that these animals have notably low genetic diversity. According to researchers, this hasn't always been the case. Like other megafaunal mammals, the muskoxen thrived in Eurasia and North America before extinctions occurred 10,000 years ago around the time of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. The muskoxen in the late Pleistocene were also more genetically diverse than their modern counterparts. Read More