Dating bones near the limit of the radiocarbon dating method: study case mammoth from niederweningen, ZH Switzerland

Radiocarbon

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 675-680

  Hajdas, Irka ^a   Michczyński, Adam ^b   Bonani, Georges ^a   Wacker, Lukas ^a   Furrer, Heinz ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; BONE; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMOTH; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PALEONTOLOGY; PEAT; RADIOCARBON DATING; ULTRAFILTRATION;

NIEDERWENINGEN; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77949741783     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200056010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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