Radiocarbon and U-series dating of the endemic deer Praemegaceros cazioti (Depéret) from "Grotta Juntu", Sardinia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 790-794

  Benzi, Valerio ^a   Abbazzi, Laura ^b   Bartolomei, Paolo ^c   Esposito, Massimo ^d   Fassò, Cecilia ^e   Fonzo, Ornella ^f   Giampieri, Roberto ^c   Murgia, Francesco ^g   Reyss, Jean Louis ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d U Series srl   (Italy)

^e Azienda Foreste Demaniali Regione Sarda   (Italy)

^f Gruppo Grotte Nuorese ^*  (Italy)

^g Gruppo Grotte Nuorese   (Italy)

^h CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bones; Cervidae; Quaternary; Radiocarbon; Sardinia; Teeth; U series dating

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BONE; DEER; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS; TOOTH; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 33845616781     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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