Determining the chronology of an archaeological site using radiocarbon: Minimizing uncertainty

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 207-216

  Boaretto, Elisabetta ^a,b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EID: 65549163769     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJES.56.2-4.207     Document Type: Article

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