Dating the first Australians

Radiocarbon

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 455-472

  Gillespie, Richard ^a  

^a Dizzy Heights   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14;

ARCHAEOLOGY; FAUNA; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE; FAUNA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUMINESCENCE; OCCUPATION; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

EID: 0036972694     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200031830     Document Type: Article

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