Reservoirs and radiocarbon: 14C dating problems in Mývatnssveit, northern Iceland

Radiocarbon

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 947-961

  Ascough, Philippa L ^a   Cook, Gordon T ^b   Church, Mike J ^c   Dugmore, Andrew J ^d   Mcgovern, Thomas H ^e   Dunbar, Elaine ^b   Einarsson, Árni ^f   Fridriksson, Adolf ^g   Gestsdóttir, Hildur ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^f Myvatn Research Station   (Iceland)

^g Fornleifastofnun Íslands Institute of Archaeology   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 61849140245     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200042818     Document Type: Article

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