Radiocarbon concentrations of wood ash calcite: Potential for dating

Radiocarbon

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-127

  Regev, Lior ^a   Eckmeier, Eileen ^a,b   Mintz, Eugenia ^a   Weiner, Steve ^a   Boaretto, Elisabetta ^a,c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CALCITE; CELLULOSE; COMBUSTION; CRYSTAL; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; OXALATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; WOOD ASH;

EID: 79953227059     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200034391     Document Type: Article

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