Short contribution: Thermoluminescence screening of non-diagnostic sherds from stream sediments to obtain a preliminary alluvial chronology: An example from Cyprus

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-77

  Deckers, Katleen ^a   Sanderson, David C W ^b   Spencer, Joel Q ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CERAMICS; CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; DETECTION METHOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LABORATORY METHOD; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

CYPRUS;

EID: 12944265302     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20033     Document Type: Article

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