Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) signals from quartz can be used to determine when
sedimentary archives were deposited. OSL dating uses the accumulation of energy stored in …

When did humans colonize the Americas? From where did they come and what routes did
they take? These questions have gripped scientists for decades, but until recently answers …

The peopling of the Americas marks a major expansion of humans across the planet.
However, questions regarding the timing and mechanisms of this dispersal remain, and the …

" Sometime before 15,000 years ago, a band of hunter-gatherers arrived in Northeast Asia.
They continued east, becoming the first people to set foot in the Americas. They soon found …

When dating older sedimentary deposits using quartz, there are no unambiguous methods
for identifying the presence of incomplete bleaching. Current statistical analysis of dose …

A number of recent optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) studies have cited post-
depositional mixing as a dominant source of equivalent dose (De) scatter across a range of …

Fluvial deposits and landforms are important archives of river response to climate, tectonics
and base level change and are commonly associated with archaeological sites. Unlike …

Luminescence dating is a tool frequently used for age determination of Quaternary materials
such as archaeological artefacts, volcanic deposits and a variety of sediments from different …

2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western
Hemisphere is a reclaimed history of the deep past of Indigenous people in North and South …

Paleoanthropologists and archeologists interested in occupation histories, faunal remains,
and objects of material culture have become increasingly reliant on optically stimulated …