TY - JOUR
T1 - Excavations At Parnkupirti, Lake Gregory, Great Sandy Desert
T2 - OSL Ages for Occupation before the Last Glacial Maximum
AU - Veth, Peter
AU - Smith, Mike
AU - Bowler, Jim
AU - Fitzsimmons, Kathryn
AU - Williams, Alan
AU - Hiscock, Peter
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - We report on early occupation from the Parnkupirti site on Salt Pan Creek at Lake Gregory, on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert of northwest Australia. OSL ages from excavations, and stratigraphic correlations between dated exposures along Salt Pan Creek, show some stone artefacts in situ in sediments dating from greater than 37ka and most probably on stratigraphic grounds in the range of ∼50-45ka. The deep stratigraphic section at Parnkupirti also provides a long record of the Quaternary history of Lake Gregory, which remained a freshwater system during the Late Quaternary.
AB - We report on early occupation from the Parnkupirti site on Salt Pan Creek at Lake Gregory, on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert of northwest Australia. OSL ages from excavations, and stratigraphic correlations between dated exposures along Salt Pan Creek, show some stone artefacts in situ in sediments dating from greater than 37ka and most probably on stratigraphic grounds in the range of ∼50-45ka. The deep stratigraphic section at Parnkupirti also provides a long record of the Quaternary history of Lake Gregory, which remained a freshwater system during the Late Quaternary.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77349125596&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/03122417.2009.11681896
DO - 10.1080/03122417.2009.11681896
M3 - Review Article
AN - SCOPUS:77349125596
SN - 0312-2417
VL - 69
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - Australian Archaeology
JF - Australian Archaeology
IS - 1
ER -