Can we get a good radiocarbon age from "bad bone"? Determining the reliability of radiocarbon age from bioapatite

Radiocarbon

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 647-655

  Cherkinsky, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ARTIFACT; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON ISOTOPE; COLLAGEN; DIAGENESIS; INORGANIC ACID; MINERAL; MUSEUM; RADIOCARBON DATING; TOOTH;

EID: 77949726115     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200055995     Document Type: Conference Paper

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