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The Rongorongo Tablets from Easter Island: Botanical Identification and 14C Dating

Catherine Orliac, 2005. Archaeology in Oceania 40(3).

Identifies the wood of several tablets, most as Thespesia populnea (Pacific rosewood) rather than the toromiro of tradition, and reports the first radiocarbon dates on tablets. Pages 115 to 119.

MYS0D4CC6RM5DJH · mystery · click to copyMRongorongoArticledoi: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2005.tb00597.x0

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Source for the wood identifications of texts B, C, G, H, K, L and Q.

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Orliac, C. (2005). The Rongorongo Tablets from Easter Island: Botanical Identification and 14C Dating. Archaeology in Oceania 40(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1834-4453.2005.tb00597.x
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