Our oldest children: Age constraints for the Krems-Wachtberg site obtained from various thermoluminescence dating approaches

Quaternary International

Volumn 351, Issue C, 2014, Pages 83-87

  Zoller L ^a   Richter, D ^a,b   Blanchard, H ^c   Einwogerer T ^d   Handel M ^d   Neugebauer Maresch, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

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EID: 84912054334     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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