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Beyond the radiocarbon barrier in Australian prehistory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Richard G. Roberts ,
Rhys Jones  and
M. A. Smith
Richard G. Roberts
Affiliation:
Division of Archaeology & Natural History, Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
Rhys Jones
Affiliation:
Division of Archaeology & Natural History, Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
M. A. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, The Faculties, Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
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The team that has been dating early Australian sites by luminescence methods replies to Allen's (1994) view of the continent's human chronology, published in the June ANTIQUITY (68: 339–43). They argue the strength of the long chronology with their new optical dates.

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Antiquity , Volume 68 , Issue 260 , September 1994 , pp. 611 - 616
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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