AMS 14C analysis of teeth from archaeological sites showing anomalous ESR dating results

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 3-5, 1997, Pages 437-444

  Grün, Rainer ^a   Abeyratne, Mohan ^a   Head, John ^a   Tuniz, Claudio ^b   Hedges, Robert E M ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON-14 DATING; DISCREPANCY; ESR AGE; ESR DATING; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEETH;

EID: 0030620080     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(96)00093-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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