27483
Title Of Article Chaper
Contributions to British and European prehistory: the scope and problems of <sup>14</sup>C accelerator dating
Title Of Journal Book
Proceedings of the First International Symposium <sup>14</sup>C and Archaeology, Groningen, 1981
Volume
8
Pages
195-203
Collation
22 refs.
Publisher
Council of Europe
Publisher City
Strasbourg
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The development of radiocarbon accelerators presents new dating opportunities for archaeologists, but the benefits will be dissipated if they are seized upon uncritically. Projects under development at Oxford stress the advantages of dating from bone where possible.
Keywords
Brittany; West Kennet, Avebury, UK; Fussell's Lodge, UK; Waylands Smith, UK; Oxford, UK; Dating radiocarbon; Bone dating; Bronze Age; Neolithic; Palaeolithic; Mousterian; Upper Pleistocene AATA
pub_id
27483