Final Palaeolithic settlements of the Campine region (NE Belgium) in their environmental context: Optical age constraints

Quaternary International

Volumn 251, Issue , 2012, Pages 7-21

  Derese, C ^a   Vandenberghe, D A G ^a   Van Gils, M ^b,c   Mees, F ^d   Paulissen, E ^c   Van den haute, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Flemish Heritage Institute   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; LATE GLACIAL; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; OCCUPATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; STRATIGRAPHIC BOUNDARY;

BELGIUM; KEMPEN;

EID: 84856324369     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

References (71)

1. Adamiec G., Aitken M. Dose-rate conversion factors: update. Ancient TL 1998, 16:37-50.
2. Aitken M.J. Thermoluminescence age evaluation and assessment of error limits: revised system. Archaeometry 1976, 18:233-238.
3. Aitken M.J. Thermoluminescence Dating 1985, Academic Press Inc., London.
4. Aitken M.J., Alldred J.C. The assessment of error limits in thermoluminescence dating. Archaeometry 1972, 14:257-267.
5. Antoine P., Munaut A.V., Limondin-Lozouet N., Ponel Ph., Dupéron J., Dupéron M. Response of the Selle river to climatic modifications during the Lateglacial and early Holocene (Somme Basin-Northern France). Quaternary Science Reviews 2003, 22:2061-2076.
6. Baales M. From lithics to spacial and social organization: Interpreting the lithic distribution and raw material composition at the Final Palaeolithic site of Kettig (Central Rhineland, Germany). Journal of Archaeological Science 2001, 28:127-141.
7. Baales M. Final Palaeolithic environment and archaeology in the Central Rhineland (Rhineland-Palatinat, western Germany): conclusions of the last 15 years of research. L'anthropologie 2006, 110:418-444.
8. Bateman M.D., Van Huissteden J. The timing of last-glacial periglacial and aeolian events, Twente, eastern Netherlands. Journal of Quaternary Science 1999, 14:277-283.
9. Bogemans F. Toelichting bij de Quartairgeologische kaart. Kaartblad 3-6, Arendonk-Maarle 2005, Vlaamse Overheid Dienst Natuurlijke Rijkdommen, Brussel.
10. Bos J.A.A., Janssen C.R. Local impact of Palaeolithic man on the environment during the end of the Last Glacial in the Netherlands. Journal of Archaeological Science 1996, 23:731-739.
11. Bronk Ramsey C. Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dates. Radiocarbon 2009, 51:337-360.
12. Buylaert J.-P., Ghysels G., Murray A.S., Thomsen K.J., Vandenberghe D., De Corte F., Heyse I., Van den haute P. Optical dating of relict sand wedges and composite-wedge pseudomorphs in Flanders, Belgium. Boreas 2009, 38:160-175.
13. Bøtter-Jensen L., Andersen C.E., Duller G.A.T., Murray A.S. Developments in radiation, stimulation and observation facilities in luminescence measurements. Radiation Measurements 2003, 37:535-541.
14. Dean R.B., Dixon W.J. Simplified statistics for small numbers of observations. Analytical Chemistry 1951, 23:636-638.
15. De Bie M. L'industrie à Federmesser de Rekem (Belgique): datation, technologie lithique et répartition spatiale. Chronostratigraphie et environnement des occupations humaines du Tardiglaciaire et du début de l'Holocène en Europe du Nord-Ouest 1997, 381-396. Editions du CTHS. J.P. Fagnart, A. Thévenin (Eds.).
16. De Bie M., Caspar J.-P. Rekem, a Federmesser camp on the Meuse river bank. Archeologie in Vlaanderen 3 & Acta Archaeologica Lovaniensa 2000, 10. Asse-Zellik and Leuven.
17. De Bie M., Van Gils M. Steentijdsites op de Maatheide te Lommel. Archeologisch waarderingsonderzoek 2003 2004, Intern rapport VIOE, Brussel.
18. De Bie M., Van Gils M. Mesolithic settlement and land use in the Campine region (Belgium). Mesolithic Horizons. Papers Presented at the Seventh International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe, Belfast 2005 2009, 282-287. Oxbow, Oxford. S. McCartan, R. Schulting, G. Warren, P. Woodman (Eds.).
19. De Bie M., Van Gils M., Deforce K. Human occupation in a Late Glacial landscape: the Federmessergruppen site complex at Lommel Maatheide (Belgium). Humans, Environment and Chronology of the Late Glacial of the North European Plain 2009, Proceedings of Workshop 14 (Commission XXXII) of the 15th U.I.S.P.P. Congress, Lisbon, RGZM-Tagungen 6, Mainz, pp. 77-87. M. Street, N. Barton, T. Terberger (Eds.).
20. De Bie M., Vermeersch P.M. Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Benelux. Quaternary International 1998, 49/50:29-43.
21. De Corte F., Vandenberghe D., De Wispelaere A., Buylaert J.-P., Van den haute P. Radon loss from encapsulated sediments in Ge gamma-ray spectrometry for the annual radiation dose determination in luminescence dating. Czech Journal of Physics 2006, 56:D183-D194.
22. Derese C., Vandenberghe D., Paulissen E., Van den haute P. Revisiting a type locality for Late Glacial aeolian sand deposition in NW Europe: optical dating of the dune complex at Opgrimbie (NE Belgium). Geomorphology 2009, 109:27-35.
23. Derese C., Vandenberghe D., Eggermont N., Bastiaens J., Annaert R., Van den haute P. Amedieval settlement caught in the sand: optical dating of sand-drifting at Pulle (N Belgium). Quaternary Geochronology 2010, 5:336-341.
24. Derese, C., Vandenberghe, D.A.G., Van Gils, M., Vanmontfort, B., Meirsman, E., Mees, F., Van den haute, P., in press-a. Establishing a chronology for landscape evolution around a Final Palaeolithic site at Arendonk-Korhaan (NE Belgium): first results from optically stimulated luminescence dating. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 10.
25. Derese, C., Vandenberghe, D.A.G., Zwertvaegher, A., Verniers, J., Crombé, P., Van den haute, P., in press-b. The timing of aeolian events near archaeological settlements around Heidebos (Moervaart area, N Belgium). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 89, 173-186.
26. Duller G.A.T. Distinguishing quartz and feldspar in single grain luminescence measurements. Radiation Measurements 2003, 37:161-165.
27. Fagnart J.-P., Coudret P. Données récentes sur le Tardiglaciaire du basin de la Somme. Le Paléolithique supérieur récent. Nouvelles données sur le peuplement et l'environnement: Actes de la Tableronde de Chambéry, 12-13 mars 1999 2000, 113-126. Mémoire de la Société Préhistorique Française. G. Pion (Ed.).
28. 14C chronology. Quaternary Science Reviews 2001, 20:927-933.
29. Gullentops F., Bogemans F., De Moor G., Paulissen E., Pissart A. Quaternary lithostratigraphic units (Belgium). Geologica Belgica 2001, vol. 4/1-2:153-164. P. Bultynck, L. Dejonghe (Eds.).
30. Hoek W.Z. Abiotic landscape and vegetation patterns in the Netherlands during the Weichselian Late Glacial. Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2000, 79:497-509.
31. Hoek W.Z. Vegetation response to the ~14.7 and ~11.5kacal.BP climate transitions: is vegetation lagging climate?. Global and Planetary Change 2001, 30:103-115.
32. Hoek W.Z., Bohncke S.J.P. Climatic and environmental events over the Last Termination, as recorded in The Netherlands: a review. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences/Geologie en Mijnbouw 2002, 81:123-137.
33. Hijszeler C.C.W.J. De oudheidkundige opgravingen in Twente in de laatste jaren. Een kwart eeuw oudheidkundig bodemonderzoek in Nederland 1947, 327-349. Gedenkboek A.E. van Giffen. J.A. Boom & Zoon, Meppel. H.E. Van Gelder, P. Glazema, G.A. Bontekoe (Eds.).
34. Hijszeler C.C.W.J. Late-glacial human cultures in the Netherlands. Geologie en Mijnbouw 1957, 19:288-302.
35. Jain M., Murray A.S., Bøtter-Jensen L. Optically stimulated luminescence dating: how significant is incomplete light exposure in fluvial environments?. Quaternaire 2004, 15:143-157.
36. Kaiser K., Hilgers A., Schlaak N., Jankowski M., Kühn P., Bussemer S., Przegieotka K. Palaeopedological marker horizons in northern central Europe: characteristics of Lateglacial Usselo and Finow soils. Boreas 2009, 38:591-609.
37. Kasse C. Sandy aeolian deposits and environments and their relation to climate during the Last Glacial Maximum and Lateglacial in northwest and central Europe. Progress in Physical Geography 2002, 26:507-532.
38. Kasse C., Vandenberghe D., De Corte F., Van den haute P. Late Weichselian fluvio-aeolian sands and coversand of the type locality Grubbenvorst (southern Netherlands): sedimentary environments, climate record and age. Journal of Quaternary Science 2007, 22:695-708.
39. Kolstrup E. Lateglacial older and younger coversand in northwest Europe: chronology and relation to climate and vegetation. Boreas 2007, 36:65-75.
40. Kühn P., Aguilar J., Miedema R. Textural Features and Related Horizons. Interpretation of Micromorphological Features of Soils and Regoliths 2010, Elsevier, Amsterdam. G. Stoops, V. Marcelino, F. Mees (Eds.).
41. Madsen A.T., Murray A.S. Optically stimulated luminescence dating of young sediments: a review. Geomorphology 2009, 109:3-16.
42. Meirsman E., Van Gils M., Vanmontfort B., Paulissen E., Bastiaens J., Van Peer P. Landschap De Liereman herbezocht. De waardering van een gestratifieerd finaalpaleolithisch en mesolithisch sitecomplex in de Noorderkempen (gem. Oud-Turnhout en Arendonk). Notae Praehistoricae 2008, 28:33-41.
43. Mejdahl V. Thermoluminescence dating: beta-dose attenuation in quartz grains. Archaeometry 1979, 21:61-72.
44. Murray A.S., Olley J.M. Precision and accuracy in the optically stimulated luminescence dating of sedimentary quartz: a status review. Geochronometria 2002, 21:1-16.
45. Murray A.S., Wintle A.G. Luminescence dating of quartz using an improved single-aliquot regenerative-dose protocol. Radiation Measurements 2000, 32:57-73.
46. Murray A.S., Wintle A.G. The single aliquot regenerative dose protocol: potential for improvements in reliability. Radiation Measurements 2003, 37:377-381.
47. Prescott J.R., Hutton J.T. Cosmic ray contributions to dose rates for luminescence and ESR dating: large depths and long-term time variations. Radiation Measurements 1994, 23:497-500.
48. Reimer P.J., Baillie M.G.L., Bard E., Bayliss A., Beck J.W., Blackwell P.G., Bronk Ramsey C., Buck E., Burr G., Edwards R.L., Friedrich M., Grootes P.M., Guilderson T.P., Hajdas I., Heaton T.J., Hogg A.G., Hughen K.A., Kaiser K.F., Kromer B., McCormac F.G., Manning S.W., Reimer R.W., Richards D.A., Southon J., Turney C.S.M., van der Plicht J., Weyhenmeyer C. IntCal09 and Marine09 radiocarbon age calibration curves, 0-50,000yearscal BP. Radiocarbon 2009, 51:1111-1150.
49. Renssen H., Kasse C., Vandenberghe J., Lorenz S.J. Weichselian Late Pleniglacial surface winds over northwest and central Europe: a model-data comparison. Journal of Quaternary Science 2007, 22:281-293.
50. Schwabedissen H. Die Federmesser-Gruppen des nordwesteuropäischen Flachlandes. Zur Ausbreitung des Spät-Magdalénien 1954, Offa Bücher 9, Neumünster, 104p.
51. Stoops G. Guidelines for Analysis and Description of Soil and Regolith Thin Sections 2003, Soil Science Society of America, Madison, Wisconsin.
52. Street M. The archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in the northern Rhineland, Germany. Quaternary International 1998, 49/50:45-67.
53. Vandenberghe, D., 2004. Investigation of the optically stimulated luminescence dating method for application to young geological samples. Ph.D. thesis, Universiteit Gent.
54. Vandenberghe D. Optical Dating of Sediments 2005, Analysis Report GLL-001/04. Gent, Belgium.
55. Vandenberghe D., De Corte F., Buylaert J.-P., Kučera J., Van den haute P. On the internal radioactivity in quartz. Radiation Measurements 2008, 43:771-775.
56. 14C ages of Late Weichselian coversands in the southern Netherlands. Journal of Quaternary Science 2004, 19:73-86.
57. Vandenberghe D., Vanneste K., Verbeeck K., Paulissen E., Buylaert J.-P., De Corte F., Van den haute P. Late Weichselian and Holocene earthquake events along the Geleen fault in NE Belgium: OSL age constraints. Quaternary International 2009, 199:56-74.
58. Vandenberghe J., Bohncke S., Lammers W., Zilverberg L. Geomorphology and palaeoecology of the Mark Valley (southern Netherlands): geomorphological valley development during the Weichselian and Holocene. Boreas 1987, 16:55-67.
59. Vandenberghe J., Bohncke S., Kozarski S. Climate-related river activity at the Weichselian-Holocene transition: a comparative study of the Warta and Maas rivers. Terra-Nova 1994, 6:476-485.
60. van der Hammen T., Van Geel B. Charcoal in soils of the Allerød-Younger Dryas transition were the result of natural fires and not necessarily the effect of an extra-terrestrial impact. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2008, 87:359-361.
61. van der Hammen T., Wijmstra T.A. The upper Quaternary of the Dinkel valley (Twente, Eastern Overijssel, The Netherlands). Mededelingen Rijks Geologische Dienst 1971, 22:55-212.
62. Van Gils M., De Bie M. Federmessersites te Lommel-Maatheide (Limburg). Opgravingscampagne 2004. Notae Praehistoricae 2004, 24:89-94.
63. Van Gils M., De Bie M. Steentijd in de Kempen. Prospectie, kartering en waardering van het laat-Paleolithisch en Mesolithisch erfgoed. Centrale Archeologische Inventaris (CAI) II 2006, 7-16. Thematisch inventarisatie- en evaluatieonderzoek. K. Cousserier, E. Meylemans, I. In' t Ven (Eds.).
64. Van Gils M., De Bie M., Paulissen E., Deforce K. Kartering en waardering van een finaalpaleolithisch/mesolithisch sitecomplex te Arendonk-Korhaan (prov. Antwerpen). Boorcampagne 2003. Relicta 2009, 4:9-21.
65. Vanmontfort B., Yperman W., Lambrechts B., Van Gils M., Geerts F. Een finaalpaleolithisch en mesolithisch sitecomplex te Lommel, Molse Nete. Opgravingscampagne 2010. Notae Prehistoricae 2010, 30:29-34.
66. Vanmontfort B., Van Gils M., Paulissen E., Bastiaens J., Meirsman E., De Bie M. Landscape evolution and hunter-gatherer occupation in the Liereman landscape. Journal of Archaeology in the Low Countries 2-2 2010, http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/jalc/02/nr02/a02.
67. Vermeersch P.M. La transition Ahrensbourgien-Mésolithique ancien en Campine belge et dans le sud sableux des Pays-Bas. Le début du Mésolithique en Europe du Nord-Ouest 2008, 11-29. Mémoire XLV de la Société préhistorique française. J.P. Fagnart, A. Thévenin, T. Ducrocq, B. Souffi, P. Coudret (Eds.).
68. Vermeersch P.M. The human occupation of the Benelux during the Younger Dryas. Quaternary International. 2011 2011, 242(2):267-276.
69. Wintle A.G., Murray A.S. Areview of quartz optically stimulated luminescence characteristics and their relevance in single-aliquot regeneration dating protocols. Radiation Measurements 2006, 41:369-391.
70. Wouters L., Vandenberghe N. Geologie van de Kempen 1994, Een synthese, Niras, Brussels.
71. Yu Z.C., Hoek W.Z., Lowe J.J. INTegration of ice-core, marine and terrestrial records (INTIMATE): Refining the record of the last Glacial-Interglacial transition. Quaternary Science Reviews 2008, 27:1-184.