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Progress in scientific dating methods / edited by Richard Burleigh.

Contributor(s): Burleigh, Richard | British Museum. Research Laboratory | University of London. Institute of Archaeology | International Symposium on Archaeometry and Archaeological Prospection (19th : 1979 : London, England)
Publisher: London : British Museum, 1980.Description: 90 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.ISBN: 0861590201Subject(s): Archaeological dating -- Congresses | Archaeometry -- Congresses
Contents:
Contents: Radioisotope dating beyond 50,000 years BP / R.P. Beukens -- Carbon dating using high-energy mass-spectrometry: a review of recent progress / R.E.M. Hedges -- Ion beam production from archaeological samples for radiocarbon mass-spectrometry / N.R. White, J. Wand, and R.E.M. Hedges -- Radiocarbon calibration: recent progress / J.R. Pilcher -- Uranium-series geochronology: a review of its application to absolute age dating of archaeological deposits / R.S. Harmon -- Dating of speleothem by disequilibria in the U-decay series / G.J. Hennig, U. Bangert, and W. Herr -- Archaeomagnetic intensities / D. Walton.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book British Museum Greece and Rome Shelves DL26: BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 12706
Book Book British Museum Egypt and Sudan Series SERIES: BMOP 21 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 54063000106537
Total holds: 0

"This volume forms part of the proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Archaeometry and Archaeological Prospection, jointly organized by the Research Laboratory of the British Museum and the University of London Institute of Archaeology, and held in London in March 1979"--P. 3.

Includes bibliographies.

Contents: Radioisotope dating beyond 50,000 years BP / R.P. Beukens -- Carbon dating using high-energy mass-spectrometry: a review of recent progress / R.E.M. Hedges -- Ion beam production from archaeological samples for radiocarbon mass-spectrometry / N.R. White, J. Wand, and R.E.M. Hedges -- Radiocarbon calibration: recent progress / J.R. Pilcher -- Uranium-series geochronology: a review of its application to absolute age dating of archaeological deposits / R.S. Harmon -- Dating of speleothem by disequilibria in the U-decay series / G.J. Hennig, U. Bangert, and W. Herr -- Archaeomagnetic intensities / D. Walton.