Framing Australian Pleistocene coastal occupation and archaeology

K Ditchfield, S Ulm, T Manne, H Farr, D O'Grady… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are few archaeological sites that contain records for Pleistocene coastal occupation in
Australia, as is the case globally. Two major viewpoints seek to explain why so few sites …

45,610–52,160 years of site and landscape occupation at Nawarla Gabarnmang, Arnhem Land plateau (northern Australia)

B David, JJ Delannoy, J Mialanes, C Clarkson… - Quaternary Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present Bayesian modelling on a long sequence of radiocarbon ages from the
archaeological site of Nawarla Gabarnmang, central Arnhem Land plateau, northern …

[HTML][HTML] Karnatukul (Serpent's Glen): A new chronology for the oldest site in Australia's Western Desert

J McDonald, W Reynen, F Petchey, K Ditchfield… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Analysis of stratigraphical sequences at Cocina Cave (Spain) using rare earth elements geochemistry

G Gallello, M Ramacciotti, O García‐Puchol… - Boreas, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the stratigraphical sequence of Cocina Cave (Spain) employing and
testing for the first time the capability of rare earth elements as markers of human activities in …

Physiography, foraging mobility, and the first peopling of Sahul

T Salles, R Joannes-Boyau, I Moffat, L Husson… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The route and speed of migration into Sahul by Homo sapiens remain a major research
question in archaeology. Here, we introduce an approach which models the impact of the …

Hyper‐peripheral regional evolution: The “long histories” of the Pilbara and Buryatia

T Barratt, A Klarin - Geographical Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we outline how evolutionary economic geography (EEG) explains peripheral
economic development by comparing two peripheries over extended time periods. This …

Late Pleistocene shell midden microstratigraphy indicates a complex history of human–environment interactions in the uplands of northern Vietnam

C McAdams, MW Morley, X Fu… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Northern Vietnam is situated on a major route of Pleistocene hominin dispersal in East Asia,
and the area's karstic caves preserve many prehistoric shell middens. Fossil and genomic …

Breaking through the radiocarbon barrier: Madjedbebe and the new chronology for Aboriginal occupation of Australia

P Veth - Australian Archaeology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Two recent publications on the age and integrity of Madjedbebe (Clarkson et al. 2015, 2017)
make a compelling case for Aboriginal occupation of Greater Australia by 55,000 cal BP and …

The point of pearling: colonial pearl fisheries and the historical translocation of Aboriginal and Asian workers in Australia's Northwest

A Paterson, P Veth - Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work we present findings from historical archaeological work on Barrow Island,
Northwestern Australia. We provide the first evidence for the translocation of Australian …

Revisiting the late Quaternary fossiliferous infills of Cathedral Cave, Wellington Caves (central eastern New South Wales, Australia)

DA Fusco, LJ Arnold, GA Gully… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT The Wellington Caves were the first Australian locality from which Europeans
collected and analysed vertebrate fossils. Within this system, Cathedral Cave contains …