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Comparative Study of the Radiocarbon Dating of Different Bone Collagen Preparations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

D M Gurfinkel
D M Gurfinkel*
Affiliation:
Collegium Archaeometricum, c/o Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A4
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Abstract

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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.

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Research Article
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , 1987 , pp. 45 - 52
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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