Comments on the Meadowcroft Rockshelter Radiocarbon Chronology and the Recognition of Coal Contaminants

Early 14C dates from Meadowcroft Rockshelter have engendered debate on the antiquity of human occupation in North America. Although the investigators of this important site conclude that particulate and nonparticulate contamination have not affected the radiocarbon dates, several points of confusion...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American antiquity 1992-04, Vol.57 (2), p.321-326
Hauptverfasser:	Tankersley, Kenneth B., Munson, Cheryl Ann
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	America and Arctic regions Analysis Archaeological dating Archaeology Charcoal Coal Comments Contaminants Corn Groundwater North America Paleoanthropology Particulate matter Preceramic cultures Prehistory and protohistory Radiocarbon Radiocarbon dating Research universities
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