Multidating studies of Batadomba Cave, Sri Lanka

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 3-5, 1997, Pages 243-255

  Abeyratne, Mohan ^a,b   Spooner, Nigel A ^a   Grün, Rainer ^a   Head, John ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Central Cultural Fund ^*  (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE; CARBON-14 DATING; DATING METHOD; ESR DATING; LUMINESCENCE DATING; RADIOCARBON DATING;

SRI LANKA, BATADOMBA CAVE;

EID: 0030867912     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(96)00098-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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