Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of quartzite cobbles from the Tapada do Montinho archaeological site (east-central Portugal)

Boreas

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 452-462

  Sohbati, Reza ^a   Murray, Andrew S ^a   Buylaert, Jan Pieter ^a,b   Almeida, Nelson A C ^c   Cunha, Pedro P ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c IGESPAR IP   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZITE;

PORTUGAL;

BOREAS;

EID: 84862762967     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2012.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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