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Current Pretreatment Methods for AMS Radiocarbon Dating at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (Orau)
- F. Brock, T. Higham, P. Ditchfield, C. Ramsey
- Geology
- 1 March 2010
In this paper, we summarize the main chemical pretreatment protocols currently used for AMS radiocarbon dating at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit, updating the protocols last described by… Expand
Paleolandscape variation and early pleistocene hominid activities: members 1 and 7, Olorgesailie formation, Kenya.
- R. Potts, A. K. Behrensmeyer, P. Ditchfield
- Geology, Medicine
- Journal of human evolution
- 1 November 1999
Paleolandscape research tests for variation in the spatial distribution of hominid artefacts and establishes the association of hominid activities with paleoenvironmental features over distances of… Expand
Research on late Pliocene Oldowan sites at Kanjera South, Kenya.
- T. Plummer, L. Bishop, P. Ditchfield, J. Hicks
- Geology, Medicine
- Journal of human evolution
- 1 February 1999
The late Pliocene is notable for the appearance of two new hominid genera as well as the first archaeological sites, generally attributed to the Oldowan Industrial Complex. However, the behavioral… Expand
Structural evolution of southern coastal Tanzania since the Jurassic
- C. Nicholas, P. Pearson, I. Mcmillan, P. Ditchfield, Joyce M. Singano
- Geology
- 1 July 2007
Following the rifting of Madagascar away from East Africa in the Triassic and Jurassic, a passive margin developed along what is
now the Tanzanian coast. This period of tectonic stability lasted… Expand
Sequence of mammalian fossils, including hominoid teeth, from the Bubing Basin caves, South China.
- W. Wang, R. Potts, +4 authors P. Ditchfield
- Geology, Medicine
- Journal of human evolution
- 1 April 2007
A Plio-Pleistocene to Holocene faunal sequence has been recovered from four carefully excavated caves in the Bubing Basin, adjacent to the larger Bose Basin of South China. The caves vary in… Expand
Raw material quality and Oldowan hominin toolstone preferences: evidence from Kanjera South, Kenya
- D. Braun, T. Plummer, J. Ferraro, P. Ditchfield, L. Bishop
- Geology
- 1 July 2009
The role of raw material quality in Oldowan technology has not been fully explored. There are numerous studies suggesting Oldowan hominins preferred certain types of stone for artifact manufacture.… Expand
RADIOCARBON DATES FROM THE OXFORD AMS SYSTEM: ARCHAEOMETRY DATELIST 32
- T. Higham, C. Ramsey, F. Brock, D. Baker, P. Ditchfield
- Geology
- 1 August 2007
Oldowan behavior and raw material transport: perspectives from the Kanjera Formation
- D. Braun, T. Plummer, +4 authors R. Potts
- Geology
- 1 August 2008
The archaeological record of Oldowan hominins represents a diverse behavioral system. It has been suggested that exploitation of lithic resources by Oldowan hominins was simplistic and represented… Expand
Small Mid-Pleistocene Hominin Associated with East African Acheulean Technology
- R. Potts, A. K. Behrensmeyer, A. Deino, P. Ditchfield, Jennifer Hayes Clark
- Geography, Medicine
- Science
- 2 July 2004
Hominin fossils from the African mid-Pleistocene are rare despite abundant Acheulean tools in Africa and apparently African-derived hominins in Eurasia between 1.0 and 0.5 million years ago (Ma).… Expand
Middle Paleolithic Assemblages from the Indian Subcontinent Before and After the Toba Super-Eruption
- M. Petraglia, R. Korisettar, +11 authors K. White
- Geography, Medicine
- Science
- 6 July 2007
The Youngest Toba Tuff (YTT) eruption, which occurred in Indonesia 74,000 years ago, is one of Earth's largest known volcanic events. The effect of the YTT eruption on existing populations of humans,… Expand