45399
Accession Number
12907
Editor
Humphrey, Robert L.;Stanford, Dennis
Title Of Article Chaper
Techniques of Amino Acid Dating
Title Of Journal Book
Pre-Llano Cultures of the Americas: Paradoxes and Possibilities
Pages
71-100
Collation
30 p. : ill.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Publisher
The Anthropological Society of Washington
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
In this paper I will discuss the composition of proteins and calcified tissue, their occurrence in the geologic, fossil, and archaeological record, and current methods by which the amino acid content of calcified tissues are used to date archaeological material.
Keywords
amino;acid;dating;archaeology
pub_id
45399