Chronometric Dating in Archaeology
Since World War II, there has been tremendous success in the development of new methods for dating artifacts; the so-called `radiocarbon revolution' was only the first such discovery. The increasing accuracy of the various new techniques has brought about
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ADVANCES IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND MUSEUM SCIENCE Series Editors: Martin J. Aitken, Oxford University Edward V. Sayre, Smithsonian Institution and R. E. Taylor, University of Cal ifomi a, Riverside Volume 1 PHYTOLlTH SYSTEMATICS: Emerging Issues Edited by George Rapp, Jr. and Susan C. Mulholland Volume 2 CHRONOMETRIC DATING IN ARCHAEOLOGY Edited by R. E. Taylor and Martin J. Aitken
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Chronometric Dating in Archaeology Edited by
R. E. TAYLOR University of California, Riverside Riverside, California
and
MARTINJ. AITKEN Oxford University Oxford, England
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Chronometrlc dating In archaeology / edited by R.E. Taylor and Martin J. A i t k e n . p. cm. — (Advances In archaeological and museum science ; v. 2) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4757-9696-4 1. Archaeological dating. I. T a y l o r , R. E. (Royal E r v l n ) , 1938¬ . II. A i t k e n , M. J. (Martin Jim) III. S e r i e s . CC78.C46 1997 930. T 0 2 8 * 5 — d c 2 1 97-31098 CIP
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Consulting Editors
Arnold Aspinall
Heather Lechtman
University of Bradford Bradford, England
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts
Rainer Berger University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
Jonathon E. Ericson University of California, Irvine Irvine, California
Donald K. Grayson University of Washington Seattle, Washington Garman Harbottle Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven, New York
David Harris University of London London, England
w. David Kingery University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona
B. Foss Leach Wellington, New Zealand
Christian Lahanier Louvre Research Laboratory Paris, France
Hisao Mabuchi Tokyo National Research Institute of Cultural Properties Tokyo, Japan
Robert Maddin Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts
Patrick Martin Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan
Frederick R. Matson Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania Vagn Mejdahl Rise National Laboratory Copenhagen, Denmark
Pieter Meyers Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, California
Jacqueline S. Olin Smithsonian Institutio
