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Style, Chauvet and radiocarbon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Hélène Valladas
Affiliation:
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR CEA-CNRS, Bâtiment 12, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
Jean Clottes
Affiliation:
Conservateur général du Patrimoine, 11 rue du Fourcat, 09000 Foix, France

Abstract

The article by Bahn and Pettitt (above) carries the suggestion that the diverse dates obtained for Candamo in some way throw doubt on those for Chauvet and by implication on the performance of the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE) at Yvette-sur-Gif (Gif). The authors respond. Readers might also like to note the article by Marian Scott and colleagues which follows.

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