Using Soil Magnetic Properties to Determine the Onset of Pleistocene Human Settlement at Gledswood Shelter 1, Northern Australia

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 211-228

  Lowe, Kelsey M ^a   Shulmeister, James ^a   Feinberg, Joshua M ^b   Manne, Tiina ^a   Wallis, Lynley A ^a,c,d   Welsh, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Wallis Heritage Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; DATING METHOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PLEISTOCENE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84959313782     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21544     Document Type: Article

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