Radiocarbon determinations, luminescence dating and Australian archaeology
- 1 June 1994
- journal article
- other
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Vol. 68 (259) , 339-343
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00046652
Abstract
The September 1993 editorial (ANTIQUITY 65: 44–5) made comment on recent Australian dates, by luminescence techniques, significantly older than radiocarbon determinations from elsewhere in Australia and New Guinea, which formed a single continent in the late Pleistocene. (There are hints also from the Americas of a discrepancy between dates by the two methods.) The period involved, c. 30-60,000 years ago, is crucial also in the Old World mainland, where the beginning of the European Upper Palaeolithic is usually set at c. 35,000 years ago by radiocarbon determinations.Keywords
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