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Radiocarbon chronology of the Kalmykia Catacomb culture of the west Eurasian steppe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

N.I. Shishlina ,
A.L. Alexandrovsky ,
O.A. Chichagova  and
J. van der Plicht
N.I. Shishlina
Affiliation:
State Historical Museum, Moscow, Russia
A.L. Alexandrovsky
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
O.A. Chichagova
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
J. van der Plicht
Affiliation:
Centre for Isotope Research, Groningen University, NL-9747 AG Groningen, Netherlands
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New calibration studies of burials from the Catacomb culture of western Eurasia enable better understanding of the spread and development of different Bronze Age traditions.

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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 286 , December 2000 , pp. 793 - 799
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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