Dating of the Mikkabi human remains from Japan

Anthropological Science

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 275-288

  Matsu'ura, Shuji ^a   Kondo, Megumi ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early holocene; Fluorine dating; Jomon period; Mikkabi human remains; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035486142     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.109.275     Document Type: Article

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