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ABSTRACT Two major criteria for judging the validity of claims for early settlement of the Americas are solid dating by radiometric methods and evidence of stratigraphic integrity. Luminescence dating can provide information on both, not only producing a date but evaluating stratigraphic integrity by means of single-grain dating. Because of these qualities, luminescence has been applied to a large number of early sites. This paper reviews these applications, both for sites in which stratigraphic integrity has been shown and for sites where it has not. Two recent applications, at Parson’s Island in Maryland and at Bastos in Brazil, suggest settlement may have been as early as the Last Glacial Maximum.
PaleoAmericaEarth and Planetary Sciences-Paleontology
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3.70
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15
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PaleoAmerica disseminates new research results and ideas about early human dispersal and migrations, with a particular focus on the Americas. It fosters an interdisciplinary dialog between archaeologists, geneticists and other scientists investigating the dispersal of modern humans during the late Pleistocene. The journal has three goals: First and foremost, the journal is a vehicle for the presentation of new research results. Second, it includes editorials on special topics written by leaders in the field. Third, the journal solicits essays covering current debates in the field, the state of research in relevant disciplines, and summaries of new research findings in a particular region, for example Beringia, the Eastern Seaboard or the Southern Cone of South America. Although the journal’s focus is the peopling of the Americas, editorials and research essays also highlight the investigation of early human colonization of empty lands in other areas of the world. As techniques are developing so rapidly, work in other regions can be very relevant to the Americas, so the journal will publish research relating to other regions which has relevance to research on the Americas.
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