14C dating of the early natufian at el-wad terrace, mount carmel, Israel: Methodology and materials characterization

Radiocarbon

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 823-836

  Eckmeier, Eileen ^a,b   Yeshurun, Reuven ^c   Weinstein Evron, Mina ^c   Mintz, Eugenia ^a   Boaretto, Elisabetta ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHARCOAL; CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; PH; PRESERVATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; RAINFALL; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL; MOUNT CARMEL;

EID: 84873857244     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200047470     Document Type: Article

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