Radiocarbon Dating Caribou Antler and Bone: Are They Different?

ABSTRACT. Old archaeological radiocarbon dating lore has it that caribou antler and bone give different dating results, and that for some fundamental reason antler is unreliable as a dating material. We tested this idea by measuring radiocarbon concentrations in the bone and antler of two caribou (o...

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Main Authors: D. E. Nelson, J. Møhl
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2002
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.584.2364
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic56-3-262.pdf