Aberrant radiocarbon dates on an inuit arrowhead

Arctic

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-347

  Nelson, D Erle ^a   McGhee, Robert ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ontario History at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and Chair of the Canadian Nursing History Collection Working Group   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brooman Point; Radiocarbon dating; Thule culture

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DATING METHOD; MATERIAL CULTURE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ARCTIC;

ALISMATACEAE;

EID: 0036990114     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic718     Document Type: Article

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