Traduit pour la revue Arctic par Nésida Loyer.
ABSTRACT. Apparently aberrant radiocarbon dates on a Thule culture antler artefact lead to the conclusion that this tool was made of material that was already ancient at the time of manufacture. This finding documents a potential problem in the interpretation of radiocarbon dates on Arctic cultural...
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.522.2266 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic55-4-345.pdf |
Summary: | ABSTRACT. Apparently aberrant radiocarbon dates on a Thule culture antler artefact lead to the conclusion that this tool was made of material that was already ancient at the time of manufacture. This finding documents a potential problem in the interpretation of radiocarbon dates on Arctic cultural materials. |
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