• The intercept is a poor estimate of a calibrated radiocarbon age 

      Telford, Richard J.; Heegaard, Einar; Birks, Harry John Betteley (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2004)
      Intercept-based methods of generating a point estimate of a calibrated radiocarbon date are very popular, but exhibit undesirable behaviour. They are highly sensitive to the mean of the radiocarbon date and to adjustments ...