Thermoluminescence dates for the middle palaeolithic site of chez-pinaud Jonzac (France)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1176-1185

  Richter, Daniel ^a,b   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^a   Jaubert, Jacques ^c   McPherron, Shannon P ^a   Soressi, Marie ^a,d   Texier, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d Inrap   (France)

Author keywords

Chez pinaud Jonzac; Middle palaeolithic; Mta; Quina mousterian mousterian of acheulean tradition; Thermoluminescence dating

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DATING METHOD; FAUNA; MOUSTERIAN; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

FRANCE;

EID: 84879556063     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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