Radiocarbon and stratigraphic chronology of Canímar Abajo, Matanzas, Cuba

Radiocarbon

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 755-763

  Roksandic, Mirjana ^a   Buhay, William Mark ^a   Chinique de Armas, Yadira ^b   Rodríguez Suárez, Roberto ^b   Peros, Matthew C ^c   Roksandic, Ivan ^a   Mowat, Stephanie ^d   Viera, Luis M ^b   Arredondo, Carlos ^b   Fuentes, Antonio Martínez ^b   Smith, David Gray ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^c BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMS radiocarbon dating; Archaeology; Burials; Caribbean; Cuba; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CARBON ISOTOPE; CHARCOAL; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COLLAGEN; MIDDEN; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHELL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; CUBA; MATANZAS;

EID: 85053361389     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/azu_rc.57.18313     Document Type: Article

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