Early human occupation at Devil’s Lair, southwestern Australia 50, 000 years ago

Quaternary Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-13

  Turney, Chris S M ^a,i   Bird, Michael I ^a   Fifield, L Keith ^a   Roberts, Richard G ^b   Smith, Mike ^c   Dortch, Charles E ^d   Grün, Rainer ^a   Lawson, Ewan ^e   Ayliffe, Linda K ^f,j   Miller, Gifford H ^g   Dortch, Joe ^h   Cresswell, Richard G ^a,k  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^k BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

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Author keywords

ABOX SC; Australian archaeology; Electron spin resonance dating; Luminescence dating; Radiocarbon dating; U series dating

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

AUSTRALIA; DEVIL'S LAIR; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE;

EID: 0035728477     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2000.2195     Document Type: Article

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