Reliable 14C AMS dates on bird and Pacific rat Rattus exulans bone gelatin, from a CaCO3‐rich deposit

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-211

  Holdaway, R N ^a   Beavan, N R ^b  

^a PALAECOL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone gelatin; Moa eggshell; New Zealand; Radiocarbon dates; Tephrochronology

Indexed keywords

BONE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RODENT; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; COLUMBA; DINORNITHIFORMES; PALAEOGNATHAE; RATTUS EXULANS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033402824     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1999.9517592     Document Type: Article

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