Optical dating of anthropogenic sediments at the archaeological site of Herrenbrunnenbuckel, Bretten-Bauerbach (Germany)

Archaeometry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 397-411

  Lang, A ^a,c   Kadereit, A ^a   Behrends, R H ^b   Wagner, G A ^a  

^a HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b Landesdenkmalamt Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

^c Geographisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

410NM emission; 560NM emission; Anthropogenic sediments; Bretten Bauerbach; Dating; Germany; Herrenbrunnenbuckel; Infrared optically stimulated luminescence; Iron age; Loess; Natural sediments; Optical dating; Partial bleach; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033169261     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1999.tb00989.x     Document Type: Article

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