Early seventh-millennium AMS dates from domestic seeds in the Initial Neolithic at Franchthi Cave (Argolid, Greece)

Antiquity

Volumn 87, Issue 338, 2013, Pages 1001-1015

  Perlès, Catherine ^a   Quiles, Anita ^b   Valladas, Hélène ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Farming; Franchthi Cave; Greece; Initial Neolithic; Radiocarbon dating; Seventh millennium BC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888322936     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00049826     Document Type: Article

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