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The contamination of Pleistocene radiocarbon determinations in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jim Allen  and
Simon Holdaway
Jim Allen
Affiliation:
School of Archaeology, La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC 3083, Australia
Simon Holdaway
Affiliation:
School of Archaeology, La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC 3083, Australia
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Previous articles in ANTIQUITY have taken different views of the dating pattern for the human settlement of Australia. Is the apparent limit in the region of 35–40,000 years ago visible in the radiocarbon determinations a real date for the human presence? Or is it an artificial result of the dating method? A comparative study of the dating pattern in archaeological as against non-archaeological contexts may inform.

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Antiquity , Volume 69 , Issue 262 , March 1995 , pp. 101 - 112
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1995 

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