Radiocarbon dating of musk-ox (Ovibos moschatus) remains from northeast Greenland

Polar Record

Volumn 41, Issue 219, 2005, Pages 305-310

  Bennike, Ole ^a   Andreasen, Claus ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b Greenland National Museum and Archives   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WORLD;

BOS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS;

EID: 26844497634     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003224740500464X     Document Type: Article

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