Karnatukul (Serpent’s Glen): A new chronology for the oldest site in Australia’s Western Desert

The re-excavation of Karnatukul (Serpent's Glen) has provided evidence for the human occupation of the Australian Western Desert to before 47,830 cal. BP (modelled median age). This new sequence is 20,000 years older than the previous known age for occupation at this site. Re-excavation of Karn...

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Published in:PloS one 2018-09, Vol.13 (9), p.e0202511
Main Authors: McDonald, Jo, Reynen, Wendy, Petchey, Fiona, Ditchfield, Kane, Byrne, Chae, Vannieuwenhuyse, Dorcas, Leopold, Matthias, Veth, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Archaeology
Arid environments
Arid zones
Aridity
Artefacts
Biology and Life Sciences
Chronology
Deserts
Earth Sciences
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Education
Excavation
Holocene
Landscape
Last Glacial Maximum
Lithic
Migration
Native peoples
Occupations
Petroglyphs
Physical Sciences
Pleistocene
Research and Analysis Methods
Sediments
Social Sciences
Tropical environments
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