scholarly journals Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago

Nature ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 547 (7663) ◽  
pp. 306-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Clarkson ◽  
Zenobia Jacobs ◽  
Ben Marwick ◽  
Richard Fullagar ◽  
Lynley Wallis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Australia ◽  
Human Occupation

Thermoluminescence dating of a 50,000-year-old human occupation site in northern Australia

Nature ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 345 (6271) ◽  
pp. 153-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard G. Roberts ◽  
Rhys Jones ◽  
M. A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Northern Australia ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Thermoluminescence Dating

scholarly journals How do we distinguish termite stone lines from artefact horizons? A challenge for geoarchaeology in tropical Australia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Smith ◽  
Ingrid Ward ◽  
Ian Moffat
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Tropical Australia

Can we distinguish stone lines created by termite bioturbation from genuine artefact horizons? This is a challenge for field archaeology and geoarchaeology in northern Australia, where termites are abundant. We review published data to (a) present a model of the evolution of stone lines and (b) develop guidelines for recognizing these bioturbation products in archaeological contexts. In case studies, we examine Madjedbebe and Nauwalabila, two sites in northern Australia. The early occupation levels at these sites are pivotal to ideas about initial human occupation of the Australian landmass but there are claims these are unrecognized stone lines. Our assessment is that neither Madjedbebe nor Nauwalabila contain termite stone lines, although both sites may have complex geomorphic and taphonomic histories.

Human occupation at Jinmium, northern Australia: 116,000 years ago or much less?

Antiquity ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 72 (275) ◽  
pp. 173-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Spooner
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Tl Dating ◽  
Rock Shelter ◽  
Human Dispersal ◽  
The Pacific

The rock-shelter of Jinmium in the Northern Territory of Australia hit the headlines a year-and-a-half ago when TL dates suggested human occupation might date from 116,000 years ago. Such dates were much earlier than any previously obtained for Australia, and thus suggested the continent was colonized at a very early stage in human dispersal around the Pacific. However, some TL dating is notoriously difficult to interpret, and here Nigel Spooner has re-assessed one of the later dates in the Jinmium sequence. His interpretation calls into doubt some of the earlier claims.

Early human occupation of northern Australia: archaeology and thermoluminescence dating of Jinmium rock-shelter, Northern Territory

Antiquity ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 70 (270) ◽  
pp. 751-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. L. K. Fullagar ◽  
D. M. Price ◽  
L. M. Head
Keyword(s):  
Homo Sapiens ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
African Origin ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
New Science ◽  
Thermoluminescence Dating ◽  
Northwestern Australia ◽  
Human Colonization ◽  
Early Human

The nature and date of the human colonization of Australia remains a key issue in prehistory at the world scale, for a sufficiently early presence there indicates either Homo sapiens sapiens arriving precociously in a place remote from a supposed African origin, or a greater competence in sea-crossing than has been expected of archaic humans. Stratigraphic integrity, the new science of luminescent dating and the recognition of worked stone and of rock-engraving are immediate issues in this report from far northwestern Australia.

scholarly journals Environmental context for late Holocene human occupation of the South Wellesley Archipelago, Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia

2015 ◽  
Vol 385 ◽  
pp. 136-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Moss ◽  
Lydia Mackenzie ◽  
Sean Ulm ◽  
Craig Sloss ◽  
Daniel Rosendahl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Holocene ◽  
Environmental Context ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
The South ◽  
Human Occupation

scholarly journals Pandanus nutshell generates a palaeoprecipitation record for human occupation at Madjedbebe, northern Australia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Anna Florin ◽  
Patrick Roberts ◽  
Ben Marwick ◽  
Nicholas R. Patton ◽  
James Shulmeister ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Stable Carbon Isotope ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Northern Australia ◽  
Stable Carbon ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Group Mobility ◽  
Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis ◽  
Early Human

AbstractLittle is known about the Pleistocene climatic context of northern Australia at the time of early human settlement. Here we generate a palaeoprecipitation proxy using stable carbon isotope analysis of modern and archaeological pandanus nutshell from Madjedbebe, Australia’s oldest known archaeological site. We document fluctuations in precipitation over the last 65,000 years and identify periods of lower precipitation during the penultimate and last glacial stages, Marine Isotope Stages 4 and 2. However, the lowest effective annual precipitation is recorded at the present time. Periods of lower precipitation, including the earliest phase of occupation, correspond with peaks in exotic stone raw materials and artefact discard at the site. This pattern is interpreted as suggesting increased group mobility and intensified use of the region during drier periods.

scholarly journals Reply to comments on Clarkson et al. (2017) ‘Human occupation of northern Australia by 65,000 years ago’

2018 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Clarkson ◽  
Richard G. Roberts ◽  
Zenobia Jacobs ◽  
Ben Marwick ◽  
Richard Fullagar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northern Australia ◽  
Human Occupation

Distribution, seasonal movements and habitat utilisation of an endangered shark, Glyphis glyphis, from northern Australia

2017 ◽  
Vol 573 ◽  
pp. 203-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
BJ Lyon ◽  
RG Dwyer ◽  
RD Pillans ◽  
HA Campbell ◽  
CE Franklin
Keyword(s):  
Northern Australia ◽  
Seasonal Movements
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