Icelandic volcanic ash from the Late-glacial open-air archaeological site of Ahrenshöft LA 58 D, North Germany

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 708-716

  Housley, R A ^a   Lane, C S ^b   Cullen, V L ^b   Weber, M J ^c   Riede, F ^d   Gamble, C S ^e   Brock, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Zentrum für Baltische und Skandinavische Archäologie Schleswig   (Germany)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AF555 tephra; Early Holocene; Late glacial; Radiocarbon dating; Suduroy tephra; Taphonomy; Tephrochronology; Vedde Ash

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BOREAL; INTERSTADIAL; LATE GLACIAL; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PREBOREAL; PRECISION; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GERMANY; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

EID: 83655161338     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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