AustArch: A Database of 14C and Luminescence Ages from Archaeological Sites in Australia

Alan Williams, Sean Ulm, 2014. https://doi.org/10.5284/1027216. How to cite using this DOI

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Record ID 20360
Site Goorurarmum (Goor-1)
IBRA Region Victoria Bonaparte
Longitude 129.18
Latitude -15.44
Site Type Open site
Lab Code Not given
Age 6100
Error 1000
Material Quartz (90-125 microns)
Context Goor-1
Depth from surface (cm) 155
Method TL
Technique Single Aliquot Regenerative Dose method
Open or closed site Open
Directly related to occupation? U
Source Ward et al., 2005, 2006 (Full bibliographic references are available from the Downloads page)
Notes Authors prefer the OSL dates to the TL dates due to issues with insufficient bleaching. Artefacts per litre begin at 250 cm (>14,300 yrs BP) increasing to a peak (the highest of the whole sequence) at 215-220 cm (between 14,300 and 4,000 yrs BP) followed by a general decline between 215 and 140 cm (approx 2,500 yrs BP) (centred at 150 cm) before increasing again at 120 cm (approx 2,500 yrs BP) and staying continuously high until a significant drop at 15 cm (post contact). These dates need to be compared with OSL/TL dates undertaken as part of this study. In general, the study found unifacial/bifacial points occurred in the sandsheets (open site here) <3680 and >2100 yr BP and before 900 BP in the rockshelters. Sandsheets revealed occupation much earlier than the rockshelters - Goorurarmum sand sheet reveals the lowest artefact and ochre just below 14,300 +/- 400 yr BP (OSL), versus the rockshelter, which shows basal ages of 600 +/ 200 yr BP. In Karlinga, stone artefacts are recovered from the sand sheet at about 19,000 yr BP versus the rockshelter at <4,100 yr BP.

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