Radiocarbon dating and marine reservoir correction of Viking Age Christian burials from Orkney

Antiquity

Volumn 74, Issue 285, 2000, Pages 537-543

  Barrett, James H ^a   Beukens, Roelf P ^b   Brothwell, Don R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Christianity; Orkney; radiocarbon dating; sagas; Scotland; stable isotopes; Viking Age

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001543342     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 17451530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00059895     Document Type: Note

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