Uranium–thorium dating method and Palaeolithic rock art

Quaternary International

Volumn 432, Issue , 2017, Pages 86-92

  Sauvet, Georges ^a   Bourrillon, Raphaëlle ^a   Conkey, Margaret ^b   Fritz, Carole ^a   Gárate Maidagan, Diego ^a   Rivero Vilá, Olivia ^a   Tosello, Gilles ^a   White, Randall ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Causes of error; Palaeolithic art; Uranium series dating

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHARCOAL; HOLOCENE; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; ROCK ART; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

EID: 84946178381     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.03.053     Document Type: Article

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