The dating and interpretation of a Mode 1 site in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 549-570

  Barham, Lawrence ^a   Phillips, William M ^b,f   Maher, Barbara A ^c   Karloukovski, Vassil ^c   Duller, Geoff A T ^d   Jain, Mayank ^e   Wintle, Ann G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic nuclide dating; Isothermal thermoluminescence; Palaeomagnetism; South central Africa

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; UNCONFORMITY;

LUANGWA VALLEY; ZAMBIA;

EID: 79953048821     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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