Petchey, FionaGreen, Roger2010-03-082010-03-082005Petchey, F. & Green, R. (2005). Use of three isotopes to calibrate human bone radiocarbon determinations from Kainapirina (SAC), Watom Island, Papua New Guinea. Radiocarbon, 47(2), 181-192.https://hdl.handle.net/10289/3686In archaeological dating, the greatest confidence is usually placed upon radiocarbon results of material that can be directly related to a defined archaeological event. Human bone should fulfill this requirement, but bone dates obtained from Pacific sites are often perceived as problematic due to the incorporation of ¹⁴C from a range of different reservoirs into the collagen via diet. In this paper, we present new human bone gelatin results for 2 burials from the SAC archaeological site on Watom Island, Papua New Guinea, and investigate the success of calibrating these determinations using dietary corrections obtained from δ³⁴S, δ¹⁵N, and δ¹³C isotopes.application/pdfenThis article has been published in the journal: Radiocarbon. © 2005 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona. Used with permission.archaeological datingradiocarbonWatom IslandPapua New GuineaJournal Article10.1017/S0033822200019688