Dating stratified settlement sites at Kom K and Kom W: Fifth millennium BCE radiocarbon ages for the Fayum Neolithic

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

Volumn 268, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 999-1002

  Wendrich, W ^a   Taylor, R E ^a,b,c   Southon, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birket Qarun; Egyptian archaeology; Fayum Neolithic; Neolithic

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE; EGYPTIANS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; RADIOCARBON AGE; WIND EROSIONS;

CHARCOAL; HISTORY;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 77949894547     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.083     Document Type: Article

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