ESR dating of dental enamel from Middle Palaeolithic levels at Lazaret Cave, France

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-240

  Michel, Véronique ^a,b   Shen, Guanjun ^c   Valensi, Patricia ^d   de Lumley, Henry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Laboratoire departemental de prehistoire du Lazaret   (France)

Author keywords

Dating; Enamel; ESR; Lazaret; Middle Paleolithic; U series

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CAVE; DATING METHOD; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; HOMINID; PALEOLITHIC;

ALPES MARITIMES; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LAZARET CAVE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 61849131027     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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