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Dating the bronze age of Southeast Asia. Why does it matter?

Abstract:

We have dated human bone, freshwater shell, charcoal and rice grains from key sites in mainland Southeast Asia in order to establish the chronological scaffolding for later prehistory (ca 2500 BC-AD 500). In a recent report on the metal remains from the site of Ban Chiang, however, this chronology has been challenged. Here, we respond to these claims and show that they are unfounded and misleading. We maintain the integrity of the Bayesian-modelled radiocarbon results that identify the arriva...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.7152/jipa.v43i0.15411

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
School of Archaeology
Sub department:
Archaeology Research Lab
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-5949-598X
Publisher:
Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Indo-Pacific Archaeology Journal website
Volume:
43
Pages:
43-43
Publication date:
2019-12-19
Acceptance date:
2019-11-12
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ISSN:
2375-0510
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pubs:1080412
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uuid:3a3d1c87-60cd-4c7d-945d-82633f651e9c
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pubs:1080412
Source identifiers:
1080412
Deposit date:
2019-12-30

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