Early Upper Paleolithic chronology in the Levant: New ABOx-SC accelerator mass spectrometry results from the Mughr el-Hamamah Site, Jordan

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 157-173

  Stutz, Aaron Jonas ^a   Shea, John J ^b   Rech, Jason A ^c   Pigati, Jeffrey S ^d   Wilson, Jim ^e   Belmaker, Miriam ^f   Albert, Rosa Maria ^g,h   Arpin, Trina ⁱ   Cabanes, Dan ^h   Clark, Jamie L ^j   Hartman, Gideon ^k   Hourani, Fuad ^l   White, Chantel E ^m   Nilsson Stutz, Liv ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Aeon Laboratories   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^g INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁱ University of Alaska Fairbanks ^*  (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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Author keywords

ABOx SC pretreatment; AMS; Biocultural evolution; Middle Upper Paleolithic transition; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; LITHIC FRAGMENT; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING;

JORDAN; LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CHARCOAL; HUMIC SUBSTANCE;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FOSSIL; HUMAN; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; JORDAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALEONTOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

CHARCOAL; FOSSILS; HUMANS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; JORDAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALEONTOLOGY; RADIOMETRIC DATING;

EID: 84937970860     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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