First chronometric dates (TL and OSL) for the Aurignacian open-air site of Româneşti-Dumbrǎviţa I, Romania

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3740-3753

  Schmidt, Christoph ^a   Sitlivy, Valéry ^a   Anghelinu, Mircea ^b   Chabai, Victor ^c   Kels, Holger ^d   Uthmeier, Thorsten ^e   Hauck, Thomas ^a   Bǎltean, Ion ^f   Hilgers, Alexandra ^a   Richter, Jürgen ^a   Radtke, Ulrich ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b VALAHIA UNIVERSITY OF TARGOVISTE   (Romania)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f Heritage Advice SRL   (Romania)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomically modern humans; Aurignacian; Balkans; Heated artefacts; Luminescence dating; Upper Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; DISPERSAL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOLITHIC; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

BALKAN; DANUBE VALLEY; TURKMENISTAN;

EID: 84879386339     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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