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AMS RADIOCARBON DATING OF BONE SAMPLES FROM THE XINZHAI SITE IN CHINA

Kexin Liu, Baoxi Han, Zhiyu Guo, Xiaohong Wu, Sixun Yuan, Walter Kutschera, Hongji Ma, Alfred Priller, Peter Steier, Eva Maria Wild, Chunqing Zhao

Abstract


Xinzhai is an important archaeological site discovered 40 yr ago and recently re-excavated in the Henan Province, dynasty of China. Radiocarbon measurements on bone samples from this site were performed at the Peking University AMS facility (PKU-AMS) and the Vienna University AMS facility (VERA). Calibrated ages were obtained with the computer program OxCal. The results of these measurements are presented and the related chronology is discussed.

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