Characterization of contexts for radiocarbon dating: Results from the early Iron Age at Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel

Radiocarbon

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 371-390

  Toffolo, Michael ^a,b   Maeir, Aren M ^c   Chadwick, Jeffrey R ^d   Boaretto, Elisabetta ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHRONOLOGY; IRON AGE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY;

ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84873823745     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200047159     Document Type: Article

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