Increasing accuracy for the radiocarbon dating of sites occupied by the first Americans

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 198, Issue , 2018, Pages 171-180

  Devièse, Thibaut ^a   Stafford, Thomas W ^b   Waters, Michael R ^c   Wathen, Crista ^a   Comeskey, Daniel ^a   Becerra Valdivia, Lorena ^a   Higham, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Stafford Research   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMS radiocarbon dating; Clovis complex; Hydroxyproline; Pre clovis; Preparative HPLC; XAD resin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROXYPROLINE; RESINS;

AMS RADIOCARBON DATING; CLOVI COMPLEX; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN REMAINS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; PRE-CLOVI; PREPARATIVE HPLC; VERTEBRATE FOSSILS; XAD RESIN;

COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARCHAEOLOGY; COLONIZATION; DATING METHOD; FOSSIL RECORD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUSEUM; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESIN;

CANADA; COLORADO; MONTANA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 85052920538     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.08.023     Document Type: Article

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