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New radiocarbon dates from Bougon and the chronology of French passage-graves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Chris Scarre
Affiliation:
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 62 Sidney Street, Cambridge CB2 3JW, England
Roy Switsur
Affiliation:
Godwin Laboratory, University of Cambridge, New Museums Site, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RS, England
Jean-Pierre Mohen
Affiliation:
Direction des Musées de France, 6 rue des Pyramides, 75041 Paris Cedex 01, France

Extract

New radiocarbon determinations from northwest France further contribute to the proposition - 25 years old now – that the megaliths of the region are astoundingly early in the west European Neolithic sequence.

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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1993

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