New AMS radiocarbon dates for the North Ferriby boats - A contribution to dating prehistoric seafaring in northwestern Europe

Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 290, 2001, Pages 726-734

  Wright, Edward V ^a   Hedges, Robert E M ^a   Bayliss, Alex ^b   Van De Noort, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boat; Bronze age; Exchange; Radiocarbon dating; Yorkshire

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MARITIME TRADE; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035660220     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00089237     Document Type: Article

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