Cation-ratio and accelerator radiocarbon dating of rock varnish on Mojave artifacts and landforms

Ronald I. Dorn; D. B. Bamforth; T. A. Cahill; J. C. Dohrenwend; B. D. Turrin; D. J. Donahue; A. J.T. Jull; A. Long; M. E. Macko; E. B. Weil; D. S. Whitley; T. H. Zabel

doi:10.1126/science.231.4740.830

Cation-ratio and accelerator radiocarbon dating of rock varnish on Mojave artifacts and landforms

Ronald I. Dorn, D. B. Bamforth, T. A. Cahill, J. C. Dohrenwend, B. D. Turrin, D. J. Donahue, A. J.T. Jull, A. Long, M. E. Macko, E. B. Weil, D. S. Whitley, T. H. Zabel

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The first accelerator radiocarbon dates of rock varnishes are reported along with potassium/argon ages of lava flows and conventional radiocarbon dates of pluvial lake shorelines, in an empirical calibration of rock varnish K ⁺ + Ca²⁺/Ti⁴⁺ ratios with age in the Mojave Desert, eastern California. This calibration was used to determine the cation-ratio dates of 167 artifacts. Although cation-ratio dating is an experimental method, some dates suggest human occupation of the Mojave Desert in the late Pleistocene.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	830-833
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	231
Issue number	4740
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.231.4740.830
State	Published - 1986
Externally published	Yes

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