Dating possibilities for the South African hominid sites
Date
1980
Authors
Vogel, J. C.
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Publisher
Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research
Abstract
A brief description is given of dating methods which may in future prove to be applicable
to the calcified ossiferous cave deposits of the early hominid sites in the Transvaal. Potentially
the techniques based on amino acid racemisation, uranium series disequilibrium and radiation
damage could provide dates for at least the upper members of the cave formations.
The results would, however, have. to be calibrated in the younger time-range by radiocarbon
dating of parallel samples.
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Keywords
dating; hominid sites; South Africa
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