On the limits of using combined U-series/ESR method to date fossil teeth from two Early Pleistocene archaeological sites of the Orce area (Guadix-Baza basin, Spain)

Quaternary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 482-491

  Duval, Mathieu ^a,b   Falguères, Christophe ^b   Bahain, Jean Jacques ^b   Grün, Rainer ^c   Shao, Qingfeng ^b   Aubert, Maxime ^c   Dolo, Jean Michel ^d   Agustí, Jordi ^e   Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido ^e   Palmqvist, Paul ^f   Toro Moyano, Isidro ^g  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SERVICE HOSPITALIER FRÉDÉRIC JOLIOT   (France)

^e INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^g Museo Arqueológico de Granada   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barranco Le n; Combined U series ESR dating method; Early Pleistocene; Fossil teeth; Fuente Nueva 3; Orce

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL TEETH; FUENTE NUEVA-3; ORCE; PLEISTOCENE; U-SERIES;

HISTOLOGY; LEACHING; TISSUE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URANIUM;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; FOSSIL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; TOOTH; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ANDALUCIA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; GUADIX-BAZA BASIN; ORCE; SPAIN;

EID: 84860495663     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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