Bear dentine aspartic acid racemization analysis: A proxy for the dating of Pleistocene cave infills

Archaeometry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 417-426

  De Torres, T ^a   Ortiz, J E ^a   Llamas, F J ^a   Canoira, L ^a   Julia R ^b   Garcia Martinez M J ^a  

^a Dpto de Automatic Ingenieria Electronica e Informatics Industrial DISAM   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspartic acid; Cave Bear; Collagen preservation; Dating; Iberian peninsula; Racemization

Indexed keywords

BEAR; COLLAGEN; DATING METHOD; PLEISTOCENE; PRESERVATION; TOOTH;

EID: 0036668902     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00074     Document Type: Article

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