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a very useful introduction to dating prehistoric finds,
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This review is from: BEFORE CIVILIZATION. THE RADIOCARBON REVOLUTION AND PREHISTORIC EUROPE. (Hardcover)
First edition, 1973. 292 pages and 8 pages of index, bibliography, many drawings, charts, and photos. This book examines how scientists came to use their present means of dating the relics of ancient mankind, particularly with radiocarbon dating. Radiocarbon dating methods were substantially revised in the 1960s. Topics include:
The problem of dating The first radiocarbon revolution The tree-ring calibration of radiocarbon The collapse of the traditional framework Beyond diffusion the enigma of the megaliths The world's first stone temples The beginning of European Metallurgy Stonehenge and the early bronze age Prospect: towards a new prehistory |
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Before civilization: The radiocarbon revolution and prehistoric Europe by Colin Renfrew (Hardcover - 1973)
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