Optical dating of quartz sediments and accelerator mass spectrometry 14C dating of bone gelatin and moa eggshell: A comparison of age estimates for non-archaeological deposits in New Zealand

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 463-505

  Holdaway, Richard N ^a   Roberts, Richard G ^b   Beavan Athfield, Nancy R ^c   Olley, Jon M ^d   Worthy, Trevor H ^e  

^a PALAECOL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e Palaeofaunal Surveys   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone; Comparison; New Zealand; Optical dating; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; BONE; FOSSIL; OPTICAL METHOD; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING;

NEW ZEALAND;

CALLAEAS CINEREA; CHENONETTA FINSCHI; HEMIPHAGA NOVAESEELANDIAE; RATTUS EXULANS;

EID: 0036755740     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2002.9517705     Document Type: Article

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