Preliminary U-series and Thermoluminescence dating of excavated deposits in Liang Bua sub-chamber, Flores, Indonesia
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2013
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St Pierre, Emma
Westaway, Kira E.
Zhao, Jian-xin
Gagan, Michael
Lentfer, Carol
Due, Rokus Awe
Morwood, Michael John
Hantoro, Wahyoe
Djubiantono, Tony
Suwargadi, Bambang W
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We report the results of a test excavation of deposits in a limestone cave sub-chamber located beneath the main chamber of Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia; the discovery site of the small hominin species, Homo floresiensis. Well-preserved remains of extinct
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Keywords: cave deposit; geomorphology; Holocene; limestone; luminescence dating; stalactite; uranium series dating; East Nusa Tenggara; Flores [Lesser Sunda Islands]; Indonesia; Lesser Sunda Islands; Liang Bua; Sunda Isles; Homo floresiensis Cave geomorphology; Flores, Indonesia; Liang Bua; Red Thermoluminescence dating; Soda straw stalactites; Uranium-series dating
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Journal of Archaeological Science
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