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THERMOLUMINESCENT DATING OF COLOMBIAN POTTERY IN THE YOTOCO STYLE
Author(s) -
SAMPSON E. H.,
FLEMING S. J.,
BRAY W.
Publication year - 1972
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/j.1475-4754.1972.tb00056.x
Subject(s) - pottery , archaeology , radiocarbon dating , style (visual arts) , thermoluminescence , crucible (geodemography) , geography , chemistry , irradiation , physics , nuclear physics , computational chemistry
Two contexts from the Colombian sites, Yotoco Ferry and Moralba, had been linked by archaeological similarities in pottery style, and dated by association with ware from other sites at circa a.d. 1000. However, radiocarbon dating of those contexts set Moralba at circa 800 b.c. , some 2000 yr older than Yotoco Ferry. Thermoluminescent dating of pottery from Yotoco Ferry dated it at circa a.d. 900, and pottery from Moralba was dated at circa a.d. 870. In addition a metal‐smelting pottery crucible, thought to be prehispanic, was studied by thermoluminescence and dated, on the contrary, at less than 120 yr old.