Last Glacial Maximum ages for robust humans at Kow Swamp, southern Australia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-111

  Stone, Tim ^a   Cupper, Matthew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kow Swamp; Last Glacial Maximum; Optically stimulated luminescence; Robust humans; Southern Australia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE DATING; STRATIGRAPHY; SWAMP;

AUSTRALIA; KOW SWAMP; VICTORIA;

EID: 0142228684     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(03)00087-3     Document Type: Article

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