Geochronology of early human settlements in Java: What is at stake?

Quaternary International

Volumn 416, Issue , 2016, Pages 5-11

  Falgueres C ^a   Semah F ^a   Saleki, H ^a   Hameau, S ^a   Tu, H ^a,b   Feraud G ^c   Simanjuntak, H ^d   Widianto, H ^e  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d National Research and Development Centre for Archaeology   (Indonesia)

^e Ministry of Education and Culture   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Ar Ar; ESR U series; Homo erectus; Java; Lower Pleistocene; Ngebung

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOMINID; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; SUNDA ISLES;

HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 84951108748     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.076     Document Type: Article

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