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and inside the house a number of shallow hearths filled with charcoal, burnt nutshells and some fragments of bone. Radiocarbon dating of the charred hazelnut shells established that the building was ...

Wetland Assessment and Monitoring Tool – Manaaki Whenua/Landcare Research The WAAM research programme is developing an innovative tool using ancient preserved DNA, radiocarbon dating, charcoal and ...

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