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SELLSTEDT et al.1 have described a method for the removal of inorganic carbonates from bone so that the residual collagen can be used as a source material for radiocarbon dating, and they conclude that this “offers the archaeologist an elegant and versatile tool which is likely to find wide application”.
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BARKER, H. Radiocarbon Dating of Bone. Nature 213, 415 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213415a0
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