Radiocarbon dating of whale bones from the 17th century whaling sites at Gashamna, Hornsund, South Spitsbergen

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-132

  Birkenmajer, Krzysztof ^a   Olsson, Ingrid U ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Oil cookeries; Radiocarbon dating; South Spitsbergen; Whale bones

Indexed keywords

BONE; RADIOCARBON DATING; WHALE;

SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0032460937     PISSN: 02397277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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