Geochronology of cave deposits at Liang Bua and of adjacent river terraces in the Wae Racang valley, western Flores, Indonesia: a synthesis of age estimates for the type locality of Homo floresiensis

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 484-502

  Roberts, R G ^a   Westaway, K E ^a,f   Zhao, J x ^b   Turney, C S M ^a,g   Bird, M I ^c,h   Rink, W J ^d   Fifield, L K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^h JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cave deposits; Electron spin resonance dating; Flores; Homo floresiensis; Indonesia; Liang Bua; Luminescence dating; Numerical age estimates; Quaternary geochronology; Radiocarbon dating; River terraces; Uranium series dating; Wae Racang

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CAVE DEPOSIT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RIVER TERRACE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ASIA; EAST NUSA TENGGARA; EURASIA; FLORES [LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS]; INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; LIANG BUA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES; WAE RACANG RIVER;

HOMO FLORESIENSIS;

EID: 68949107448     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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