AMS Dating of Human Bone from Palau: New Evidence for a Pre-2000 BP Settlement
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2002-01-01Keywords
Caroline IslandsMicronesia
Palau
Hominidae
Homo
Primates
Oceania
anthropology
accelerator mass spectra
TheriaEutheriamass spectraspectraMammaliaarchaeological sitesHoloceneChordataTetrapodaVertebratabonesCenozoicQuaternaryC 14carbondatesisotopesradioactive isotopesabsolute age
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Fitzpatrick, S. M. (2002). AMS dating of human bone from Palau: New evidence for a pre-2000 BP settlement. Radiocarbon, 44(1), 217-221.Journal
RadiocarbonAdditional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
Direct dating of a human bone fragment from the Chelechol ra Orrak site (western Micronesia) has yielded one of the earliest dates for Palau thus far. This date compares well with recently collected paleoenvironmental evidence and radiocarbon dates on Babeldaob Island suggesting that settlement of the Palauan archipelago took place much earlier than previously thought.Type
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