A comparative study of 14C dating on charcoal and charred seeds from late neolithic and bronze age sites in Gansu and Qinghai provinces, NW china

Radiocarbon

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 157-163

  Dong, Guang Hui ^a   Wang, Zong Li ^a   Ren, Le Le ^a   Matuzeviciute, Giedre Motuzaite ^b,c   Wang, Hui ^d   Ren, Xiaoyan ^e   Chen, Fahu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c History Institute of Lithuania Department   (Lithuania)

^d Gansu Province Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeological Research   (China)

^e Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BRONZE AGE; CHARCOAL; CHRONOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PREHISTORIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; SUBSISTENCE;

CHINA; GANSU; QINGHAI;

EID: 84896811565     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/56.16507     Document Type: Article

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