Some evidence of a date of first humans to arrive in Brazil

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-354

  Watanabe, Shigueo ^a   Ayta, Walter Elias Feria ^a   Hamaguchi, Henrique ^a   Guidon, Niède ^b   La Salvia, Eliany S ^b   Maranca, Silvia ^c   Baffa Filho, Oswaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fund Museu Homem Americano FUNDHAM   (Brazil)

^c Lab de Cultura de Células II   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcite; Dating; EPR; Radiocarbon; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

BRAZIL; PIAUI STATE; SERRA DA CAPIVARA NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0037374318     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2002.0846     Document Type: Article

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