The antiquity of pearl shell (Pinctada sp.) Burial artifacts in Palau, Western Micronesia

Radiocarbon

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 691-699

  Fitzpatrick, Scott M ^a   Boyle, Jenna E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTURAL HISTORY; SHELL; TOOL USE;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROSCOPY; AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FOSSIL; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PALAU; PEARL SHELL; SOCIETY; TIME;

PALAU;

EID: 0141505091     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200032148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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