A multi-method luminescence dating of the Palaeolithic sequence of La Ferrassie based on new excavations adjacent to the La Ferrassie 1 and 2 skeletons

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 147-166

  Guérin, Guillaume ^a,b   Frouin, Marine ^b   Talamo, Sahra ^c   Aldeias, Vera ^c   Bruxelles, Laurent ^d,e,f   Chiotti, Laurent ^g   Dibble, Harold L ^c,h,i   Goldberg, Paul ^j,k   Hublin, Jean Jacques ^c   Jain, Mayank ^a   Lahaye, Christelle ^b   Madelaine, Stéphane ^l   Maureille, Bruno ^m   McPherron, Shannon J P ^c   Mercier, Norbert ^b   Murray, Andrew S ⁿ   Sandgathe, Dennis ^o   Steele, Teresa E ^c,p   Thomsen, Kristina J ^a   Turq, Alain ^l,m  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Centre de Recherche en Physique Appliquée à l'Archéologie ^*  (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Institut National de Recherches Archeologiques Preventives Direction Scientifique et Technique   (France)

^e Maison de la Recherche   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

ⁱ ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^k Boston University   (United States)

^l Musée National de Préhistoire   (France)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

ⁿ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^o SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Middle Palaeolithic; Mousterian; OSL dating; Post IR IRSL dating; Single grain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931583942     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2015.01.019     Document Type: Article

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