Radiocarbon dating of historical parchments

Radiocarbon

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 353-363

  Brock, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parchment; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; BLEACHING; CARBON ISOTOPE; DATING METHOD; HISTORICAL RECORD; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOLVENT;

EID: 84884389322     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16294     Document Type: Article

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