Early human occupation of northern Australia: Archaeology and thermoluminescence dating of Jinmium rock-shelter, Northern Territory

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作者
Fullagar, RLK [1 ]
Price, DM [1 ]
Head, LM [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WOLLONGONG,SCH GEOSCI,WOLLONGONG,NSW 2522,AUSTRALIA
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10.1017/S0003598X00084040
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Q98 [人类学];
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030303 ;
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The nature and date of the human colonization of Australia remains a key issue in prehistory at the world scale, for a sufficiently early presence there indicates either Homo sapiens sapiens arriving precociously in a place remote from a supposed African origin, or a greater competence in sea-crossing than has been expected of archaic humans. Stratigraphic integrity, the new science of luminescent dating and the recognition of worked stone and of rock-engraving are immediate issues in this report from far northwestern Australia.
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