Dating the volcanic eruption at Thera

Radiocarbon

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 325-344

  Ramsey, Christopher Bronk ^a   Manning, Sturt W ^b,c   Galimberti, Mariagrazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DATING METHOD; RADIOCARBON DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARCHEOLOGY; BAYES THEOREM; CALIBRATION; CHRONOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GREECE; VOLCANO;

CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SANTORIN; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3543080498     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200039631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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