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Early English Boats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Roy Switsur
Roy Switsur*
Affiliation:
Godwin Laboratory, Cambridge University, Free School Lane Cambridge, England
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Abstract

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A large number of early boats discovered in the waterways of England are presently displayed in museums and as public monuments. In some cases conservation practices have caused problems in the radiocarbon dating of these otherwise undated artifacts. Specimen pretreatments are described and the chronology of the boats in different regions of England are presented with approximate calibration to calendar date ranges.

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Type
IV. Applications
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Radiocarbon , Volume 31 , Issue 3: June 20-25, 1988 Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia , 1989, pp. 1010 - 1018
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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