Mass spectrometric U-series dating of New Cave at Zhoukoudian, China

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-342

  Shen, Guanjun ^a   Cheng, Hai ^b   Edwards, R Lawrence ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcite; ICP MS; New Cave; U series dating; Zhoukoudian

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CALCITE; CULTURAL HISTORY; PLEISTOCENE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ASIA; BEIJING; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; BEIJING [CHINA]; ZHOUKOUDIAN;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 1442289449     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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