OPTICAL DATING OF SINGLE AND MULTIPLE GRAINS OF QUARTZ FROM JINMIUM ROCK SHELTER, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: PART I, EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND STATISTICAL MODELS*

F. Galbraith, R.; G. Roberts, Richard; Laslett, G.M.; Yoshida, Hiroyuki; Olley, Jon

doi:10.1111/j.1475-4754.1999.tb00987.x

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OPTICAL DATING OF SINGLE AND MULTIPLE GRAINS OF QUARTZ FROM JINMIUM ROCK SHELTER, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: PART I, EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND STATISTICAL MODELS*

Published in Archaeometry • Aug 1, 1999

Authors:

R. F. Galbraith

Richard G. Roberts

G.M. Laslett

Abstract

Jinmium rock shelter is famous for the claims made by Fullagar et al. (1996) for the early human colonization and ancient rock art of northern Australia. These claims were based on thermo‐luminescence ages obtained for the artefact‐bearing quartz sediments that form the floor deposit at the site. In...

Subject

Quartz

Geology

Optical dating

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