URANIUM‐SERIES DATING OF BONES AND TEETH FROM CHINESE PALAEOLITHIC SITES
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Archaeometry
- Vol. 30 (1) , 59-76
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.1988.tb00435.x
Abstract
The reliability of uranium‐series dating of fossil bones and teeth is studied. On this basis the first absolute chronology for about 20 important Chinese palaeolithic sites is proposed. A two‐stage model for open‐system samples is discussed.Keywords
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