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First-order radiocarbon dating of Australian shell-middens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David Frankel
David Frankel*
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Department of Archaeology, La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC 3083, Australia
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Some of the advantages of first-order radiocarbon dating techniques have recently been described to readers of Antiquity (Glover et al. 1990). The value of the technique is further illustrated in this note, where a similar approach has been used to date shell samples from coastal sites in southeastern Australia.

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Antiquity , Volume 65 , Issue 248 , September 1991, pp. 571 - 574
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1991

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