A new thermoluminescene dating technique for heated flint

Archaeometry

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 695-705

  Richter, D ^a   Krbetschek, M ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dating; Heated flint; Palaeolithic; Sar; Small samples; TL

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; DATING METHOD; FLINT; PALEOLITHIC; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 33750081420     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2006.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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