The use of the terrestrial snails of the genera Megalobulimus and Thaumastus as representatives of the atmospheric carbon reservoir

In Brazilian archaeological shellmounds, many species of land snails are found abundantly distributed throughout the occupational layers, forming a contextualized set of samples within the sites and offering a potential alternative to the use of charcoal for radiocarbon dating analyses. In order to...

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Main Authors: Macario, K, Alves, E, Carvalho, C, Oliveira, F, Ramsey, C, Chivall, D, Souza, R, Simone, L, Cavallari, D
Format: Journal article
Published: Nature Publishing Group: Open Access Journals - Option C 2016