An OSL chronology for the sedimentary deposits from Pinnacle Point Cave 13B-A punctuated presence

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 289-305

  Jacobs, Zenobia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dunes; Marine Isotope Stage 5; Middle Stone Age; Optically Stimulated Luminescence; Single grains

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CAVE DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MESOLITHIC; OPTICAL METHOD; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

PINNACLE POINT; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 77957655699     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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