The late paleolithic-neolithic transition in korea: Current archaeological and radiocarbon perspectives

Radiocarbon

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 493-499

  Bae, Christopher J ^a   Kim, Jong Chan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; NEOLITHIC; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CHINA; JAPAN;

EID: 78049265367     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200045525     Document Type: Article

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