Evaluating radiocarbon dates and late Paleolithic chronology in Korea

Arctic Anthropology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-112

  Seong, Chuntaek ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; STRATIGRAPHY;

KOREA;

EID: 80053249328     PISSN: 00666939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arc.2011.0112     Document Type: Article

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