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Title Of Article Chaper
Aspartic acid racemization ages of California Paleoindian skeletons
Title Of Journal Book
American antiquity: a quarterly review of American archaeology
Volume
50
Issue
3
Pages
645-647
Collation
1 table
Reference Bibliography
refs.
ISSN
0002-7316
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The redating of the Laguna and Los Angeles Man skeletons by the accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon method has shown that the upper Pleistocene dates for these skeletons determined previously by the conventional radiocarbon method are probably incorrect. Using the revised ages for these skeletons to calibrate the aspartic acid racemization rate yields racemization ages for the Del Mar and Sunnyvale skeletons that are compatible with their AMS radiocarbon ages.
Keywords
aspartic acid racemization;skeleton; accelerator mass spectrometry; radiocarbon dating;dating;Paleo-Indian; Laguna Man;Los Angeles Man;USA (California-- Del Mar); USA (California-- Sunnyvale)
pub_id
2543