Testing the ABOx-SC method: Dating known-age charcoals associated with the Campanian Ignimbrite

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-26

  Wood, R E ^a,b   Douka, K ^a   Boscato, P ^c   Haesaerts, P ^d   Sinitsyn, A ^e   Higham, T F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^e INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF MATERIAL CULTURE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

ABA; ABOx SC; Campanian Ignimbrite; Charcoal; Palaeolithic; Pretreatment chemistry; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; IGNIMBRITE; OXIDATION; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEPHRA;

AVES;

EID: 84859946338     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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