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Bone collagen, the organic fraction of the bone, is commonly used on 14C dating of bone, while it can not be used for cremated bone because of no remain of collagen. Meanwhile, recent studies have presented that carbonate hydroxyapatite (CHa), the inorganic fraction of the bone, can be used for 14C dating of cremated bone, though the CHa is easily contaminated by exogenous carbon and should be purified by chemical treatment. The purpose of this study is to test the reliability of 14C dating of CHa by using a cremated bone of known-age in Japan. The samples used were the cremated bone, which is considered to be remains of Jokei, a Buddhist monk (AD 1155-1213). We examined whether chemical treatment of the cremated bone with 0.1 M acetic acid for a short time of 1 hour is adequate for removal of secondary carbonate to obtain innate CHa for accurate 14C dating. The CHa in six fragments of the cremated bone showed 14C dates between 1155-1280 cal AD, which are similar with the supposed age. The result indicates the effectiveness of acetic acid treatment and the possibility of accurate 14C dating of CHa by the appropriate chemical treatment., 骨の14C年代測定には、有機成分であるコラーゲンを利用するのが一般的である。しかし、コラーゲンが損失しているため、14C年代測定が困難な骨試料も少なくない。そのような骨試料、特に火葬骨に対して、近年、無機成分の炭酸ヒドロキシアパタイト(CHa)を用いた14C年代測定が試みられている。そこで、本研究では、年代既知の火葬骨に対して、実際に、CHaを用いて信頼性のある14C年代測定が可能かどうかの検証を行った。また、二次的な炭酸塩による汚染を除去するための低濃度短時間の酢酸処理の有効性についても評価を行った。用いた火葬骨試料は、奈良県三郷町の持聖院に所蔵されていた蔵骨器内の骨片である。この人骨は、平安時代末から鎌倉時代にかけて活躍した僧・貞慶（AD1155-1213）の遺骨であるとされている。年代測定の結果、本研究で使用した火葬骨6点から得られた14C年代は1155-1280cal ADという、貞慶の没年と2σの誤差範囲で一致する結果となった。一方、酢酸処理により発生したC02は現代に近い年代を示したことから、本研究で使用した火葬骨は、2次的な炭酸塩等の外来炭素の汚染があったものの、酢酸処理によって効果的に除去された結果、CHaの信頼性のある14C年代測定が可能であったことがわかった。また、真空下における、0.1Mの酢酸による1時間程度の酸処理の有効性も明らかになった。今後、より年代の古い試料や保存状態の異なる試料についても検討を行っていく予定である。, 名古屋大学年代測定総合研究センターシンポジウム報告

An AMS system (Model 4130-AMS) dedicated to 14C measurements, built by High Voltage Engineering Europe (HVEE), B.V., The Netherlands, was delivered to Nagoya University in 1996/97. Acceptance tests of its performance on carbon isotope measurements were completed in January of 1999, and routine measurements began in mid-2000. Since completion of the acceptance tests in early 1999, we have encountered a lot of troubles with the machine, particularly in 2002. Since the end of 2002, the machine has worked relatively well, expect for minor problems. The standard deviation (one sigma) of the 14C/12C ratio is around ±0.3% to 土0.4% (a bit larger than the uncertainty of about ±0.3% calculated from 14C counting statistics) and that of the corresponding 13C/12C ratio is ±0.03% to ±0.07%，as are tested for HOxII targets. The number of targets measured was 330, 1430, 2077, 1003, 1,979, 1679, 1772, 1115, 1339, 866, 1300, 1701, 1449, 1634, 1351, 1741 in each year from 1999 to 2014, respectively, and total number of targets measured by the end of 2014 is 22,765. We briefly describe the maintenance processes and application results of the AMS system in 2014. The Tandetron AMS system at Nagoya University worked rather well in 2014, with only minor failures, such as (1) target exchange trouble, (2) high temperature problem of the circulating water for cooling down the power supply system for two high-energy mass-analyzing magnets, and (3) damage of a diaphragm vacuum pumping system in the ion source stage. In spite of these minor difficulties with the machine, the total number of graphite targets measured was 1741 in 2014, about 400 more in number than that in 2013 (1351)., 名古屋大学年代測定総合研究センターシンポジウム報告