The use of OSL dating in unstructured sands: The archaeology and chronology of the Hutton Sands at Canteen Kopje (Northern Cape Province, South Africa)

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 351-363

  Chazan, Michael ^a   Porat, Naomi ^b   Sumner, T Alexandra ^c   Horwitz, Liora Kolska ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Canteen Kopje; Colonial archaeology; Early Later Stone Age; Middle Stone Age; Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887433952     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-013-0118-7     Document Type: Article

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