Joe Marino writes:
At: http://freepages.religions.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wmeacham/sturp88.pdf is a STURP document titled "Draft Protocol for Future Examinations of the Shroud of Turin," dated 8 October 1988, less than 1 week before the announcement of the C-14 date: "1260-1390!" Because of the leaks, the document at one point lists the results between 1220-1410.
A later section has the following comments:
It goes without saying that this is a fascinating historical document and once again makes (at least me) shake my head that STURP, which had the most experience with the Shroud and was the group that did the most meticulous planning, was eliminated from the testing.
Indeed.
Dan, I agree with you only partially. While the two first points of this document, truly look prophetic with what we know in 2012, the recent publication of the detection of a trend, clearly confirms independently and 24 years later that the labs did really implement correctly the C14 test. The question right now is whether this technique is appropiate to date the Shroud. In my view, there is solid evidence that it is not.
We have already talked about that subject. In my mind, C14 dating is just one tool among many other tools that are avalaible to date an object. And versus the Shroud, it is now clear that the C14 dating was not representative of the main body of the cloth. Right now, no one can be sure of the true age of the cloth (scientifically speaking), even if we have many good indication that it is a very ancient linen that can well be of the same era than Jesus of Nazareth…
No doubt STURP should not have been left out considering their scrupulous science, Dan.
Everything had been said more than 20 years ago.
Concerning the C14 datation :
Concerning the conservation of the Shroud :