Radiocarbon chronology of the mammoth site at Niederweningen, Switzerland: Results from dating bones, teeth, wood, and peat

Quaternary International

Volumn 164-165, Issue , 2007, Pages 98-105

  Hajdas, Irka ^a   Bonani, Georges ^a   Furrer, Heinz ^b   Mäder, Andreas ^c   Schoch, Werner ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^c Museum der Universität Zürich ^*  (Switzerland)

^d Labor für Quartäre Hölzer   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAMMOTH; PEAT; RADIOCARBON DATING; TOOTH; WOOD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NIEDERWENINGEN; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34147140414     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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