Table 1 Luminescence dating summary. All calculations made prior to rounding. For further data and details relating to the dating, see Methods and SI.

From: Constraining the chronology and ecology of Late Acheulean and Middle Palaeolithic occupations at the margins of the monsoon

Sample

Depth (m)

Equivalent dose (Gy)

Dose rate (Gy ka−1)

Age (ka)

Alpha

Beta

Gamma

Cosmic

Total

ST6-1

0.34

188.96 ± 7.42

0.13 ± 0.05

1.72 ± 0.50

0.82 ± 0.05

0.23 ± 0.02

2.90 ± 0.24

65.14 ± 5.28

ST6-2

0.57

406.16 ± 8.79

0.09 ± 0.03

1.41 ± 0.41

0.59 ± 0.04

0.21 ± 0.02

2.30 ± 0.22

176.67 ± 16.83

ST6-3

0.78

485.6 ± 12.26

0.09 ± 0.03

1.19 ± 0.34

0.49 ± 0.03

0.19 ± 0.02

1.96 ± 0.21

248.14 ± 26.75

ST7-1

0.77

285.65 ± 13.16

0.22 ± 0.08

1.90 ± 0.54

1.04 ± 0.07

0.19 ± 0.02

3.35 ± 0.25

85.27 ± 6.26

ST7-2

1.26

754.34 ± 26.14

0.18 ± 0.06

1.89 ± 0.54

0.93 ± 0.06

0.18 ± 0.02

3.18 ± 0.24

237.44 ± 18.16

ST7-3

1.63

823.83 ± 27.99

0.23 ± 0.08

1.77 ± 0.50

1.00 ± 0.07

0.17 ± 0.02

3.17 ± 0.25

260.21 ± 20.14

ST7-5

2.26

683.39 ± 19.77

0.21 ± 0.08

1.70 ± 0.49

1.18 ± 0.08

0.16 ± 0.02

3.69 ± 0.26

185.20 ± 13.05

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