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Some observations on the radiocarbon and cosmogenic isotope dating of petroglyphs, Foz Côa, Portugal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Alan Watchman
Alan Watchman*
Affiliation:
School of Anthropology & Archaeology, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia
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Abstract

Further remarks on the age of the Foz Côa rock-engravings, Portugal, in the light of studies by absolute-science methods in the March 1997 ANTIQUITY.

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Antiquity , Volume 72 , Issue 275 , March 1998 , pp. 197 - 200
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1998

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