Comparative dating methods: Botanical identification and 14C dating of carved panels and beams from the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1045-1050

  Liphschitz, Nili ^a   Biger, Gideon ^a   Bonani, Georges ^b   Wolfli, W ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Al Aqsa Mosque; Ams 14c dating; Botanical identification; Carved panels and beams; Rockefeller museum; Secondary use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013243696     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1997.0183     Document Type: Article

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