1999/04/01 by W. T. Ward, IP Little, Gordon Roberts +3 · 3 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Pumice #Radiocarbon dating #Geology #Archaeology #Lead (geology) #Geochemistry #Volcano #Paleontology #Geography
paper · doi:10.1002/j.1834-4453.1999.tb00423.x
published in Archaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania 34(1), 25-30 (Wiley)
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Abstract A lead weight was recovered between 2.2 and 2.4 m depth in stranded beach sands at the southern end of Fraser Island. Its isotope values indicate a close affinity with lead from mines in France. Pumice found with the lead occurs elsewhere at sites dated 480±100 y BP and 520±75 y BP, and one fragment appears to be Loisels Pumice, for which a similar radiocarbon age has been reported from New Zealand. The data are difficult to assess but suggest that the lead weight could have reached this ancient beach between 1410 and 1630 AD.