Comparative Study of the Radiocarbon Dating of Different Bone Collagen Preparations
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Radiocarbon
- Vol. 29 (1), 45-52
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s003382220004354x
Abstract
Four different bone collagen preparation procedures were compared and were found useful as a means of assessing the nature of contaminants present in a sample. Weathered bone however appeared to contain contaminants that could not be eliminated by any of the procedures studied.Keywords
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