The chronology of culture: A comparative assessment of European neolithic dating approaches

Antiquity

Volumn 88, Issue 342, 2014, Pages 1065-1080

  Manning, Katie ^a   Timpson, Adrian ^a   Colledge, Sue ^a   Crema, Enrico ^a   Edinborough, Kevan ^a   Kerig, Tim ^a   Shennan, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Chronologies; Culture; Dendrochronology; Neolithic; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907375200     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00115327     Document Type: Article

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