Testing of a single grain OSL chronology across the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition at Les Cottés (France)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-122

  Jacobs, Zenobia ^a   Li, Bo ^a   Jankowski, Nathan ^a   Soressi, Marie ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aurignacian; Ch telperronian; France; Middle Palaeolithic; Mousterian; OSL dating; Radiocarbon dating; Upper Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

FELDSPAR; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOLITHIC; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING;

FRANCE;

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84918828093     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.11.020     Document Type: Article

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