New radiocarbon accelerator dates on artefacts from the early Mesolithic site of Star Carr, North Yorkshire

Archaeometry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 185-200

  Dark, P ^a   Higham, T G F ^b   Jacobi, R ^c   Lord, T C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ams radiocarbon dating; Barbed antler points; Early mesolithic; Star Carr

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; MESOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH YORKSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33644773593     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2006.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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