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- Title
- Archaeological surfaces in western NSW : stratigraphic contexts and preliminary OSL dating of hearths
- Related
- Fairbairn, Andrew; O'Connor, Sue and Marwick, Ben. New directions in archaeological science, p.189-200
- Related
- http://epress.anu.edu.au/terra_australis/ta28/pdf/ch13.pdf
- Related
- Terra Australis 28
- Publisher
- Canberra, Australia : ANU E Press
- Date
- 2009
- FoR/RFCD Code(s)
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040600 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
210100 Archaeology
- Author/Creator
- Rhodes, Edward J
- Author/Creator
- Fanning, Patricia
- Author/Creator
- Holdaway, Simon
- Author/Creator
- Bolton, Cynthja
- Description
- A two-phase process for developing a chronology of Aboriginal occupation in arid western NSW, Australia, has been developed over the past ten years by the Western NSW Archaeology Program. Radiocarbon dating of charcoal from the remains of heat-retainer hearths, built by Aboriginal people in the past to cook food, and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating of sediments have been used to construct a chronology of ‘archaeological surfaces’. Here we provide preliminary age estimates using OSL dating of stones from heat-retainer hearths which have previously been dated by radiocarbon. Our method is novel in several ways including the rapid preparation method adopted and the approach to estimating the dose rate for surface samples. We discuss the limitations of this virtually non-destructive and efficient OSL dating method, and provide an agenda for future technical development and application.
- Description
- 12 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- 040600 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
- Subject Keyword
- 210100 Archaeology
- Subject Keyword
- Archaeological surfaces
- Subject Keyword
- OSL dating
- Subject Keyword
- heat-retainer hearths
- Subject Keyword
- Western NSW
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Graduate School of the Environment
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/130160
- Identifier
- ISBN:9781921536489
- Identifier
- mq-rm-2009008826
- Language
- eng
- Rights
- Copyright retained by author(s). Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author and according to publisher conditions. For further reproduction rights please contact the publisher at http://epress.anu.edu.au/
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