Problems associated with the AMS dating of small bone samples: The question of the arrival of Polynesian rats to New Zealand

Radiocarbon

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 207-218

  Higham, T F G ^a   Hedges, R E M ^a   Anderson, A J ^b   Ramsey, C Bronk ^a   Fankhauser, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON 14; COLLAGEN; GELATIN; NITROGEN 15; PROTEIN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BONE; MIGRATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; RODENT;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARCHEOLOGY; BONE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; HISTORY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIGRATION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORY; POLYNESIA; PROTEIN INTAKE;

RATTUS EXULANS;

EID: 3543140159     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200039539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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