The radiocarbon reservoir effect: new evidence from the cemeteries of the middle and lower Dnieper basin, Ukraine

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 256-264

  Lillie, Malcolm ^a   Budd, Chelsea ^a,c   Potekhina, Inna ^b   Hedges, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faunal remains; Fish bone; Human bone; Prehistoric cemeteries and sites; Radiocarbon reservoir effect

Indexed keywords

BONE; CEMETERY; NEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS;

DNIEPER RESERVOIR; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE;

EID: 58049200667     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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