14C dating of cremated bones: The issue of sample contamination

Radiocarbon

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 553-568

  Van Strydonck, Mark ^a   Boudin, Mathieu ^a   De Mulder, Guy ^b  

^a Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BONE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAMPLING;

EID: 77949693223     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200055922     Document Type: Conference Paper

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