OCTOPUS Database
Published August 16, 2021 | Version v1
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[OBSOLETE] OCTOPUS Database v.2: The SahulArch TL collection

Creators

  • 1. School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, and ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
  • 2. College of Arts, Society and Education, and ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD 4870, Australia
  • 3. EMM Consulting Pty Ltd, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia

Description

Database of published thermoluminescence (TL) ages for archaeological records from Sahul. Sample locations were obfuscated within a radius of 25 km and spatial data includes sample locations as circular polygons. The data uses the WGS84/Pseudo-Mercator (EPSG: 3857) projected coordinate reference system. Sample metadata is comprehensive and includes bibliographic, contextual, and sample preparation and measurement related information.

Notes

!!! IMPORTANT NOTE - THIS IS AN ARCHIVED DATA COLLECTION VERSION!!! THE MOST UP-TO-DATE VERSION CAN BE FETCHED FROM https://octopusdata.org RESP. VIA http://geoserver.octopusdata.org ONLY. Collection period: 1972-2019. Extent of Data: Sahul (mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea, and neighbouring islands). Related content: https://octopusdata.org. FoR codes (2020): 370905 Quaternary environments, 450101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology. See references for further information.

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References

  • Codilean, A. T., Munack, H., Saktura, W. M., Cohen, T. J., Jacobs, Z., Ulm, S., Hesse, P. P., Heyman, J., Peters, K. J., Williams, A. N., Saktura, R. B. K., Rui, X., Chishiro-Dennelly, K., and Panta, A.: OCTOPUS database (v.2), Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 14, 3695–3713, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-3695-2022, 2022.