Direct dating of plaster and mortar using AMS Radiocarbon: A pilot project from Khirbet Qana, Israel

Antiquity

Volumn 77, Issue 295, 2003, Pages 155-164

  Rech, Jason A ^a   Fischer, Alysia A ^b   Edwards, Douglas R ^c   Jull, A J Timothy ^d  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

AMS 14C dating; Israel; Khirbet Qana; Mortar; Plaster

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHAEOLOGY; MORTAR; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ISRAEL; KHIRBET QANA;

EID: 0037366631     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00061457     Document Type: Article

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