Radiocarbon dating of the human occupation of Australia prior to 40 ka BP - Successes and pitfalls

Radiocarbon

Volumn 43, Issue 2 PART II, 2001, Pages 1139-1145

  Fifield, L K ^a   Bird, M I ^a   Turney, C S M ^a,b   Hausladen, P A ^a   Santos, G M ^a,c   Di Tada, M L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CHARCOAL;

CHARCOAL; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING;

AUSTRALIA; CHRONOLOGY; COMBUSTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035569985     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033822200041795     Document Type: Article

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