Reliability of bone gelatin ams dating: rattus exulansaud marine shell radiocarbon dates from pauatahanui midden sites in wellington, new zealand

Radiocarbon

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-126

  Athfield, Nancy Beavan ^a,b   McFadgen, Bruce ^a   Sparks, Rodger ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; DATING METHOD; RADIOCARBON DATING;

NEW ZEALAND;

RATTUS EXULANS;

EID: 0033402780     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200019470     Document Type: Article

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