Collagen quality indicators for radiocarbon dating of bones: New data on bronze age Cyprus

Radiocarbon

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 472-480

  Scire Calabrisotto C ^a   Fedi, M E ^b   Caforio, L ^b,c   Bombardieri, L ^d   Mando P A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bones; Bronze age; C N atomic ratio; Collagen extraction; Cyprus; Sample preparation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BONE; BRONZE AGE; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLLAGEN; COMBUSTION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GRAPHITIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MATERIAL CULTURE; NEW RECORD; PERCOLATION; PH; PRESERVATION; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEEPAGE; TROPICAL REGION;

CYPRUS; FIRENZE [TUSCANY]; FLORENCE [FIRENZE]; ITALY; KOURIS BASIN; LIMASSOL; TUSCANY;

EID: 84884360164     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16353     Document Type: Article

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