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Comparative Radiocarbon dating of Lignite, Pottery and Charcoal samples from Babeldaob Island, Republic of Palau

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2005

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Anderson, Atholl
Chappell, John
Clark, Geoffrey
Phear, Sarah

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University of Arizona

Abstract

It is difficult to construct archaeological chronologies for Babeldaob, the main island of Palau (western Micronesia), because the saprolitic clays of the dominant terraced-hill sites and associated ceramic sherds often contain old carbon that originated

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Keywords: carbon; carbon 14; charcoal; lignite; archaeological evidence; charcoal; lignite; radiocarbon dating; sedimentary sequence; archeology; article; ceramics; chronology; comparative study; contamination; Palau; Caroline Islands; Micronesia; oceanic regions;

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/87598

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ANU Research Publications

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Radiocarbon

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2037-12-31

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