26949
Author
Valladas, H.; Valladas, G.
Title Of Article Chaper
Thermoluminescence dating of burnt flint and quartz: comparative results
Title Of Journal Book
Archaeometry
Volume
29
Issue
2
Pages
214-220
Publisher
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art. Oxford University
Publisher City
Oxford
ISSN
0003-813X
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Thermoluminescence dates obtained from burnt flints and quartz recovered from the same sites are compared. For the Upper Perigordian level at la Vigne Brun (Loire, France), four quartz specimens and three flints yielded average ages of 27,400 ± 2300, and 26,900 ± 2200 years respectively, which are 15% greater than the radiocarbon age obtained for the same site (Evin 1982). For the neolithic site of la Vallée aux Fleurs (Loir-et-Cher, France), the respective averages of three flints and three ceramic sherds were 6830 ± 560, and 6570 ± 520 years. -- AATA
Keywords
Thermoluminescence;Dating;France;Burnt flint;Upper Paleolithic; Neolithic radiocarbons AATA
pub_id
26949