Comparison of fluoride and direct AMS radiocarbon dating of black bear bone from Lawson Cave, Missouri

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 226-237

  Lyman, R Lee ^a   Rosania, Corinne N ^b   Boulanger, Matthew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bears; Bone dates; Chronometry; Fluoride dating; Lawson Cave; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863461552     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: 20424582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0093469012Z.00000000021     Document Type: Review

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