New optical and radiocarbon dates from Ngarrabullgan Cave, a Pleistocene archaeological site in Australia : implications for the comparability of time clocks and for the human colonization of Australia /
The human settlement of Australia falls into that period where dating is hard because it is near or beyond the reliable limit of radiocarbon study; instead a range of luminescence methods are being turned to (such as thermoluminescence at Jinmium: December 1996 ANTIQUITY). Ngarrabullgan Cave, a rock...
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| Formato: | Analitica de revista |
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| Sumario: | The human settlement of Australia falls into that period where dating is hard because it is near or beyond the reliable limit of radiocarbon study; instead a range of luminescence methods are being turned to (such as thermoluminescence at Jinmium: December 1996 ANTIQUITY). Ngarrabullgan Cave, a rock-shelter in Queensland, now offers a good suite of radiocarbon determinations which match well a pair of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dates Ñ encouraging sign that OSL determinations can be relied on. |
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| Notas: | Antiquity 71 (1997): 183-188 |