# Damon 1989: Radiocarbon dating of the Shroud of Turin

> P. E. Damon, D. J. Donahue, B. H. Gore et al., 1989. 10 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The date, and the measurement table every reanalysis…

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# Radiocarbon dating of the Shroud of Turin

P. E. Damon, D. J. Donahue, B. H. Gore et al., 1989. _Nature 337: 611-615_.

The joint report of the Arizona, Oxford and Zurich AMS laboratories on subsamples cut from one corner of the cloth on 21 April 1988, with three control textiles of known age. Gives a calibrated range of AD 1260-1390 at 95% confidence and calls the result conclusive evidence that the linen is medieval.

**Shroud of Turin** Articledoi: **[10.1038/337611a0](https://doi.org/10.1038/337611a0)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The date, and the measurement table every reanalysis starts from.

## Cited by on this site 10 records

[The linen was made between about AD 1260 and 1390, as the 1988 radiocarbon dating found.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/answers/ANS0CWY2J0J1N46/the-linen-was-made-between-about-ad-1260-and-1390-as-the)

Answer

ANS

[The Shroud of Turin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/artifacts/ART0CWY2W8P5S0J/the-shroud-of-turin)

ART

[The 1988 radiocarbon measurements (published table and raw data)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CWY2TST5D9G/the-1988-radiocarbon-measurements-published-table-and-raw)

Dataset

DAT

[Three laboratories, with controls, gave AD 1260-1390 at 95% confidence.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/evidence/EVD0CWY2J8C46QD/three-laboratories-with-controls-gave-ad-1260-1390-at-95)

Evidence

EVD

[The three laboratories publish AD 1260-1390](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/events/EVT0CWY2F2T39WZ/the-three-laboratories-publish-ad-1260-1390)

EVT

[The Shroud of Turin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin)

The mystery article

MYS

[ETH Zurich AMS laboratory](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/organisations/ORG0CWY2DKY61YG/eth-zurich-ams-laboratory)

ORG

[Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/organisations/ORG0CWY2DC42Z6Z/oxford-radiocarbon-accelerator-unit)

ORG

[University of Arizona AMS Laboratory](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/organisations/ORG0CWY2D4A2S9M/university-of-arizona-ams-laboratory)

ORG

[When was the linen of the Shroud made?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/questions/QST0CWY2H1A0BGE/when-was-the-linen-of-the-shroud-made)

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## Cite it

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Damon, P. E., Donahue, D. J., Gore, B. H., Hatheway, A. L., Jull, A. J. T., Linick, T. W., Sercel, P. J., & Toolin, L. J. (1989). Radiocarbon dating of the Shroud of Turin. Nature 337: 611-615. https://doi.org/10.1038/337611a0
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1038/337611a0)

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