Chronology of the Danish Bronze age based on 14C dating of cremated bone remains

Radiocarbon

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-275

  Olsen, Jesper ^a   Hornstrup, Karen Margrethe ^b   Heinemeier, Jan ^c   Bennike, Pia ^d   Thrane, Henrik ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MOESGAARD MUSEUM   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHARCOAL; CHRONOLOGY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 79958088228     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200056538     Document Type: Article

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