Optically stimulated luminescence dating of the city wall system of ancient Tayma (NW Saudi Arabia)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1818-1826

  Klasen, Nicole ^a   Engel, Max ^a   Brückner, Helmut ^a   Hausleiter, Arnulf ^b   Intilia, Andrea ^b   Eichmann, Ricardo ^b   al Najem, Mohammed H ^c   al Said, Said F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c Tayma Museum   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

City wall; Geoarchaeology; OSL dating; Saudi Arabia; Tayma

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CHRONOLOGY; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; RADIOCARBON DATING;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 79958694489     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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