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A New Approach to the Dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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BURTON, D., POOLE, J. & REED, R. A New Approach to the Dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Nature 184, 533–534 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184533a0

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