18641
Accession Number
8251
Author
Lajoie, Kenneth R.; Peterson, Etta; Gerow, Bert A.
Title Of Article Chaper
Amino acid bone dating: a feasibility study, south San Francisco Bay region, California
Title Of Journal Book
Biogeochem. Amino Acids Conference papers
Pages
477-489
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Fossil samples from seven geological and radiometrically dated archaeological and paleon-tological sites in the south San Francisco Bay region provide the basis for a feasibility study of amino acid racemization bone dating. Amino acid results and site and sample information are presented in tabular and graphical form to show general relations. The data do not reveal any criteria by which bone samples or amino acid results can be accepted or rejected for dating purposes. However, data are more than comparable to that previously published for a single restricted area and much more experimental work must be done before amino acid racemiza-tion in bone can be used independently to date geological deposits and archaeological materials. -- AATA
pub_id
18641