Spatial variation in the marine radiocarbon reservoir effect throughout the scottish post-roman to late medieval period: North sea values (500-1350 BP)

Radiocarbon

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1166-1181

  Russell, N ^a   Cook, G T ^a   Ascough, P L ^a   Dugmore, A J ^b  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MEDIEVAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESERVOIR; ROMAN ERA; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LOTHIAN; NORTH SEA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78049297954     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200046245     Document Type: Article

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