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Science 22 May 1964:
Vol. 144. no. 3621, pp. 995 - 1001
DOI: 10.1126/science.144.3621.995
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Radiocarbon Dating of Bone and Shell from Their Organic Components

Rainer Berger 1, Amos G. Horney 1, and W. F. Libby 1

1 Institute of Geophysics and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles

A method of dating bone and shell by radiocarbon content has been developed. The mineral is removed by mild acid treatment and the residual carbon is dated in the usual manner.


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