The necessity of sample quality assessment in 14C AMS dating: The case of Cova des Pas (Menorca - Spain)

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 268, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 990-994

  Strydonck, Mark Van ^a   Boudin, Mathieu ^a   Guerrero Ayuso, Víctor M ^b   Calvo, Manuel ^b   Fullola, Josep M ^c   Angeles Petit M ^c  

^a Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

14C dating; Cave; Human burial; Iron age; Sample conservation

Indexed keywords

AMS RADIOCARBON DATING; BIO-APATITE; BODY TISSUES; BONE COLLAGEN; BONE MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMAN BURIAL; IRON AGE; KARSTIC; PLANT MATERIAL; PRESERVATION CONDITION; SAMPLE QUALITY;

BONE; COLLAGEN; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; ROPE;

CAVES;

EID: 77949892884     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.081     Document Type: Article

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