New Abox Ams-14C Ages Remove Dating Anomalies at Puritjarra Rock Shelter

SMITH; BIRD; TURNEY; FIFIELD, L.K.; SANTOS, G.M.; HAUSLADEN, P.A.; DI TADA M.

AUSTRALIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

Taylor & Francis, Ltd.

Año: 2001 vol. 53 p. 45 - 47

0312-2417

A robust site chronology generally requires a large series of age determinations, preferably using a range of dating methods and with sufficient dated samples to allow internal corroboration of the age of individual layers. One of the handful of Australian archaeological sites to meet these criteria is Puritjarra rock shelter in central Australia. The chronology for this site rests on a published series of 31 radiocarbon assays on charcoal and nine luminescence dates on sediments (Smith et al 1997) together with ten radiocarbon dates that have become available subsequently.