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THE SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE OF THERMOLUMINESCENT DATING
Author(s) -
FLEMING S. J.,
STONEHAM D.
Publication year - 1973
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.1475-4754.1973.tb00093.x
Subject(s) - pottery , thermoluminescence , subtraction , archaeology , geology , thermoluminescence dating , mineralogy , geography , mathematics , physics , optics , arithmetic , luminescence
ABSTRACTS Combination of the routine approaches of thermoluminescence dating, the fine‐grain and inclusion methods, allows an age to be determined that is independent of knowledge of the environmental dose‐rate. This socalled subtraction technique is exampled by several terracottas of museum origin and some pottery collected from archaeological contexts without associated burial media. Age determination is estimated to have an accuracy of around ± 12%, in favourable conditions.