29833
Author
Grigson, Caroline; Gowlett, John A.J.; Zarins, Juris
Author Affiliation
Royal College of Surgeons of England. Odontological Museum; University of Liverpool. Institute of Prehistoric Sciences and Archaeology; Southwest Missouri State University. Department of Sociology. Anthropology and Social Work
Title Of Article Chaper
The camel in Arabia: a direct radiocarbon date, calibrated to about 7000 BC
Title Of Journal Book
Journal of archaeological science
Volume
16
Issue
4
Pages
355-362
Collation
3 figs., 2 tables
Reference Bibliography
bibliog.
ISSN
0305-4403
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
An accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon date of 8200 BP has been obtained on a dromedary mandible excavated from a shell midden on the southern Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. The midden itself dates from about 3300-3000 BP. The calibrated date of the mandible is ca. 7100-7200 BC.
pub_id
29833