Differential reliability of 14C AMS ages of Rattus exulans bone gelatin in south Pacific prehistory

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-261

  Anderson, Atholl ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

14C AMS dates; Archaeological sites; Natural sites; New Zealand; Norfolk Island; Polynesian colonisation; Rattus exulans

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD;

EID: 0033744798     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2000.9517620     Document Type: Article

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