Sediment mixing at Nonda Rock: investigations of stratigraphic integrity at an early archaeological site in northern Australia and implications for the human colonisation of the continent

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dc.contributor.authorDavid, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Richard
dc.contributor.authorMagee, John
dc.contributor.authorMialanes, Jerome
dc.contributor.authorTurney, Christian
dc.contributor.authorBird, Michael I
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Chris
dc.contributor.authorFifield, L Keith
dc.contributor.authorTibby, John
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:54:04Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.updated2015-12-07T12:46:21Z
dc.description.abstractArchaeological excavations in sediments dating to between 60 000 and 40 000 years ago are rare in Australia. Yet this is precisely the period in which most archaeologists consider that Aboriginal people arrived on the continent. In the few cases where such early sites have been investigated, questions have invariably been raised as to the reliability of stratigraphic associations between cultural items and the surrounding sediments. This paper describes a method for examining sediment mixing in a stratigraphic sequence using the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) signals from individual sand-sized grains of quartz. We apply this method to the archaeological site of Nonda Rock (north Queensland), in combination with radiocarbon dating of charcoal fragments, to construct chronologies for human occupation and for the preceding, culturally sterile, deposits. Our age estimates have implications for the timing of first human arrival in Australia.
dc.identifier.issn0267-8179
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/28014
dc.publisherWiley-VCH Verlag GMBH
dc.sourceJournal of Quaternary Science
dc.subjectKeywords: archaeology; colonization; human settlement; indigenous population; luminescence dating; Pleistocene; radiocarbon dating; Australasia; Australia; Nonda Rock; Queensland Australian archaeology; Early occupation sites; Human colonisation; North Queensland; Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL); Pleistocene archaeology; Radiocarbon dating; Sediment mixing; Single-grain dating
dc.titleSediment mixing at Nonda Rock: investigations of stratigraphic integrity at an early archaeological site in northern Australia and implications for the human colonisation of the continent
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue5
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage479
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage449
local.contributor.affiliationDavid, Bruno, Monash University
local.contributor.affiliationRoberts, Richard, University of Wollongong
local.contributor.affiliationMagee, John, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationMialanes, Jerome, University of Melbourne
local.contributor.affiliationTurney, Christian, University of Wollongong
local.contributor.affiliationBird, Michael I, University of St Andrews
local.contributor.affiliationWhite, Chris, Monash University
local.contributor.affiliationFifield, L Keith, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationTibby, John, University of Adelaide
local.contributor.authoremailu7700267@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidMagee, John, u7700267
local.contributor.authoruidFifield, L Keith, u8100341
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor210102 - Archaeological Science
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4155331xPUB55
local.identifier.citationvolume22
local.identifier.doi10.1002/jqs.1136
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-34250882681
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu4155331
local.type.statusPublished Version

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