A new protocol for radiocarbon dating of hair and keratin type samples-application to an Andean mummy from the National Museum of Natural History in Paris

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-384

  Richardin, Pascale ^a   Gandolfo, Nathalie ^a   Carminati, Pauline ^b   Walter, Philippe ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

AMS; Chilean mummy; Dithiothreitol reduction; Hair; Keratin extraction; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859098816     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-011-0070-3     Document Type: Article

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