Paired dating of pith and outer edge (Terminus) samples from pre-Hispanic Caribbean wooden sculptures

Radiocarbon

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 677-688

  Brock, Fiona ^a,b   Ostapkowicz, Joanna ^c   Ramsey, Christopher Bronk ^a   Wiedenhoeft, Alex ^d   Cartwright, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b World Museum Liverpool   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CALIBRATION; CHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHRUB; WOOD;

GREATER ANTILLES;

GUAIACUM;

EID: 84873804632     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200047342     Document Type: Article

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