# Colin Renfrew 1973: Before Civilization: The Radiocarbon Revolution and Prehistoric Europe

> Colin Renfrew, 1973. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Uses the Tărtăria tablets as the test case of the "radiocarbon revolution": if their…

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# Before Civilization: The Radiocarbon Revolution and Prehistoric Europe

Colin Renfrew, 1973.

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Uses the Tărtăria tablets as the test case of the "radiocarbon revolution": if their Vinča context is genuine, calibrated dates make them older than Mesopotamian writing, so they cannot be derived from it; Renfrew doubts they carried meaning independent of speech. London: Jonathan Cape, pp. 186 ff.

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Colin Renfrew (1973). Before Civilization: The Radiocarbon Revolution and Prehistoric Europe. https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=Renfrew+Before+Civilization+1973
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