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Cosmogenic radiation nuclides in archaeology: a response to Phillips et al.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
Abstract
Various methods have been employed in the attempt to date rock-art. Here Robert Bednarik offers a critique of the cosmogenic radiation nuclides method, and its application to the Côa petroglyphs.
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