Hayonim Cave: a TL-based chronology of a Levantine Mousterian sequence
MERCIER, Norbert
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie [GEOTRAC]
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie [GEOTRAC]
VALLADAS, Hélène
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie [GEOTRAC]
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie [GEOTRAC]
FROGET, L.
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie [GEOTRAC]
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Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie [GEOTRAC]
MERCIER, Norbert
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie [GEOTRAC]
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie [GEOTRAC]
VALLADAS, Hélène
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie [GEOTRAC]
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie [GEOTRAC]
FROGET, L.
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie [GEOTRAC]
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie [GEOTRAC]
REYSS, Jean-Louis
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Océan et Interfaces [OCEANIS]
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Océan et Interfaces [OCEANIS]
VANDERMEERSCH, Bernard
De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie [PACEA]
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Language
en
Article de revue
This item was published in
Journal of Archaeological Science. 2007, vol. 34, n° 7, p. 1064-1077
Elsevier
English Abstract
The thermoluminescence dating method was applied to 77 heated flints from the Mousterian layers of Hayonim Cave in order to provide a precise TL-based chronology for this important Levantine sequence. A detailed dosimetric ...Read more >
The thermoluminescence dating method was applied to 77 heated flints from the Mousterian layers of Hayonim Cave in order to provide a precise TL-based chronology for this important Levantine sequence. A detailed dosimetric study was performed by using 76 dosimeter capsules and revealed strong spatial dose-rate variations. In parallel, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry enabled the identification of various mineral assemblages in the sediments of the cave and to localize the boundaries of these assemblages. By comparing these two data sets, it is shown that low dose-rate values (not, vert, similar500 μGy/a) are systematically recorded in areas where the calcite-dahllite (CD) assemblage is preserved, whereas higher values (up to 1300 μGy/a) are associated with the leucophosphite, montgomeryite, variscite and siliceous aggregates (LMVS) assemblage. The dosimetric and mineralogical information was combined in order to assess, where possible, the dose-rate experienced by each flint during its burial. Some of the flint samples analyzed were too close to mineral assemblage boundaries and were therefore discarded. This rigorous selection led to TL ages ranging from 230 to 140 ka for the lower part of the Mousterian sequence (layers F and Lower E), which contains lithic industries characterized by blade production using the laminar method.Read less <
Keywords
Moustérien
datation
English Keywords
Thermoluminescence dating
Mousterian
Chronology
Near-East
Hayonim Cave
Origin
Hal importedCollections