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Radiometric dating of the Middle Palaeolithic tool industry and associated fauna of Pin Hole Cave, Creswell Crags, England
Author(s) -
Jacobi Roger M.,
Rowe Peter J.,
Gilmour Mabs A.,
Grün Rainer,
Atkinson Timothy C.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of quaternary science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.142
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-1417
pISSN - 0267-8179
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199801/02)13:1<29::aid-jqs346>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - speleothem , cave , fauna , geology , paleontology , radiometric dating , faunal assemblage , archaeology , assemblage (archaeology) , middle stone age , geography , ecology , biology
Uranium‐series dating of derived speleothem suggests that the sediments enclosing a Middle Palaeolithic stone artefact assemblage in Pin Hole Cave probably accumulated after about 64 ka, and 14 C dates indicate a likely age of > 40 ka for the large mammal fauna associated with it. Electron spin resonance data from the fauna conform with these age constraints and are consistent with accumulation between 38 and 50 ka. This evidence supports the view that Britain was recolonised by hominids during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3. Stratigraphically higher stone tool industries demonstrate the local presence of both early Upper and late Upper Palaeolithic cultures. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.