Progress in optical dating of guano-rich sediments associated with the Deep Skull, West Mouth of the Great Cave of Niah, Sarawak, Borneo

Quaternary Geochronology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 330-336

  Stephens, Mark ^a   Roberts, Richard G ^b   Lian, Olav B ^c   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Borneo; Great Cave of Niah; Guano; Optical dating; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIOTURBATION; BLEACHING; DEPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GUANO; LUMINESCENCE DATING; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ASIA; BORNEO; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MALAYSIA; NIAH CAVES; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 34548051763     PISSN: 18711014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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