Luminescence dating of baked earth and sediments from the Qujialing archaeological site, China

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 353-359

  Fu, Xiao ^a   Zhang, Jia Fu ^a   Mo, Duo Wen ^a   Shi, Chen Xi ^a   Liu, Hui ^b   Li, Yi Yin ^a   Zhou, Li Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

Baked earth and sediments; Luminescence dating; OSL SAR; Qujialing archaeological site; TL SAR

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEOLITHIC; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 77649340797     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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