ESR dating in Song Terus cave (East Java, Indonesia)

Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating on teeth has been used to determine the antiquity of the human presence in the area of Gunung Sewu (East Java, Indonesia). The Song Terus cave is one of the archaeological sites located in this area, which has yielded an important collection of fossil bones and p...

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Veröffentlicht in:Quaternary geochronology 2007, Vol.2 (1), p.398-402
Hauptverfasser: Hameau, S., Falguères, C., Bahain, J.J., Sémah, F., Sémah, A.M., Dolo, J.M.
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Zusammenfassung:Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating on teeth has been used to determine the antiquity of the human presence in the area of Gunung Sewu (East Java, Indonesia). The Song Terus cave is one of the archaeological sites located in this area, which has yielded an important collection of fossil bones and prehistoric lithic industry. ESR dating shows that this cave belongs to a karstic system which has been in place since Middle Pleistocene. The results of coupled ESR/Uranium-series dating indicates closed system for uranium in tooth tissues yielding ages of between 216 and 392 ka for the oldest archaeological levels, confirming the possibility of finding Middle Pleistocene human occupations in such karstic sites in Java.
ISSN:1871-1014
1878-0350
DOI:10.1016/j.quageo.2006.04.011