Optical dating of granitic stone surfaces

Archaeometry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 645-665

  Greilich, Steffen ^a   Glasmacher, U A ^a   Wagner, G A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dating; Geoglyph; Luminescence; Nasca; OSL; Peru; Pre Columbian; Stone surface

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FELDSPAR; GRANITE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ;

EID: 24944511086     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2005.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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