Anomalous carbon-13 values for fibre temper in ceramics

Archaeometry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 407-413

  Sampson, C G ^a,b   Vogel, J C ^c  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Ceramics; Fibre temper; Karoo; Later Stone Age; Organic residues; Radiocarbon dating; Seacow valley; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031517632     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1997.tb00816.x     Document Type: Article

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