Dating gods: Radiocarbon dates from the sanctuary of Zeus on Mt. Lykaion (Arcadia, Greece)

Radiocarbon

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 501-513

  Starkovich, Britt M ^a,b   Hodgins, Gregory W L ^b   Voyatzis, Mary E ^b   Romano, David Gilman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ash altar; Bronze age Greece; Calcined bone dating; FTIR

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTIFACT; ASH; BONE; BRONZE AGE; CALCIFICATION; CHARCOAL; CLASSIC PERIOD; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEED; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TIME SERIES;

ARCADIA [PELOPONNISOS]; GREECE; MOUNT LYKAION; PELOPONNISOS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84884400099     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/azu_js_rc.55.16446     Document Type: Article

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