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DATING ARCHAEOMETALLURGICAL SLAGS USING THERMOLUMINESCENCE *
Author(s) -
Haustein M.,
Roewer G.,
Krbetschek M. R.,
Pernicka E.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/1475-4754.00125
Subject(s) - thermoluminescence , slag (welding) , smelting , quartz , metallurgy , mineralogy , mineral , thermoluminescence dating , materials science , geology , luminescence , optoelectronics
Thermoluminescence has a great potential for dating archaeometallurgical slags, because the smelting process leads to a well‐defined resetting of the ‘luminescence clock’. However, the complex compositions of slags have unpleasant consequences for TL measurements if the bulk slag substance is used. To overcome this problem, quartz has been separated out of slag matrices by chemical and physical procedures. The TL measurements were carried out on this defined mineral phase. This method was tested with seven slag samples from different locations and ages. In most cases, the TL ages determined show good agreement with reference data.