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First-order 14C dating of marine molluscs in archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

E. Glover ,
I. Glover  and
C. Vita-Finzi
E. Glover
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H OPY
I. Glover
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H OPY
C. Vita-Finzi
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Science, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
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Abstract

A new technique of radiocarbon dating is presented, offering at modest expense the means to a determination that is good to the ‘first order’ of magnitude

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Antiquity , Volume 64 , Issue 244 , September 1990 , pp. 562 - 567
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1990

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