Middle and Upper Palaeolithic environments and the calibration of 14C dates beyond 10,000 BP

Antiquity

Volumn 72, Issue 275, 1998, Pages 26-33

  Van Andel, Tjeerd H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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RADIOCARBON DATING;

EID: 0031845077     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00086245     Document Type: Article

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