Thermoluminescence age determinations for the Mungo III human burial, Lake Mungo, Southeastern Australia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 739-749

  Oyston, Ben ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE; BLEACH METHOD; HUMAN BURIAL SITE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DATING; TL DATING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030303007     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-3791(96)00025-X     Document Type: Article

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