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Radio Carbon Dating: Its Scope and Limitations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Horold Barker
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Antiquity , Volume 32 , Issue 128 , December 1958 , pp. 253 - 263
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1958

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19 The writer wishes to thank Dr J. H. Plenderleith and Dr A. E. Werner of the British Museum Research Laboratory for their helpful advice and criticism during the preparation of this article.