New optical and radiocarbon dates from Ngarrabullgan Cave, a Pleistocene archaeological site in Australia :
New optical and radiocarbon dates from Ngarrabullgan Cave, a Pleistocene archaeological site in Australia : implications for the comparability of time clocks and for the human colonization of Australia /
Bruno David ... [et al.].
Antiquity 71 (1997): 183-188
The human settlement of Australia falls into that period where dating is hard because it is near or beyond the reliable limit of radiocarbon study; instead a range of luminescence methods are being turned to (such as thermoluminescence at Jinmium: December 1996 ANTIQUITY). Ngarrabullgan Cave, a rock-shelter in Queensland, now offers a good suite of radiocarbon determinations which match well a pair of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dates Ñ encouraging sign that OSL determinations can be relied on.
ANTROPOLOGIA
Antiquity 71 (1997): 183-188
The human settlement of Australia falls into that period where dating is hard because it is near or beyond the reliable limit of radiocarbon study; instead a range of luminescence methods are being turned to (such as thermoluminescence at Jinmium: December 1996 ANTIQUITY). Ngarrabullgan Cave, a rock-shelter in Queensland, now offers a good suite of radiocarbon determinations which match well a pair of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dates Ñ encouraging sign that OSL determinations can be relied on.
ANTROPOLOGIA