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OPTICAL DATING RESULTS FOR BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SEDIMENTS
Author(s) -
REESJONES J.,
TITE M. S.
Publication year - 1997
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.1475-4754.1997.tb00797.x
Subject(s) - deposition (geology) , optical dating , sediment , optically stimulated luminescence , archaeology , range (aeronautics) , geology , absolute dating , mineralogy , paleontology , history , materials science , holocene , quaternary , quartz , composite material
In this paper optical dating results for a range of British archaeological sediments are presented to illustrate the potential this method offers for archaeologists. The optical dating is shown to offer an absolute method for directly dating the deposition of sediments for an age range of approximately 1–300ka. Problems have been found with recuperation of the optically stimulated luminescence signal and insufficient bleaching at deposition of the sediment. A suitable correction method for the recuperation has been found and a method of identifying insufficient bleaching is suggested.