Radiocarbon dating of interstratified Neanderthal and early modern human occupations at the Chatelperronian type-site

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7064, 2005, Pages 51-56

  Gravina, Brad ^a   Mellars, Paul ^a   Ramsey, Christopher Bronk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CHATELPERRONIAN; RADIOCARBON ACCELERATOR DATING; RADIOCARBON DATING;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CARBON 14;

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; NEANDERTHAL; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EUROPE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27744552225     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04006     Document Type: Article

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