The complementarity of luminescence dating methods illustrated on the Mousterian sequence of the Roc de Marsal: A series of reindeer-dominated, Quina Mousterian layers dated to MIS 3

Quaternary International

Volumn 433, Issue , 2017, Pages 102-115

  Guérin, Guillaume ^a   Frouin, Marine ^a,b   Tuquoi, Joséphine ^a   Thomsen, Kristina J ^c   Goldberg, Paul ^d,e,f   Aldeias, Vera ^g   Lahaye, Christelle ^a   Mercier, Norbert ^a   Guibert, Pierre ^a   Jain, Mayank ^c   Sandgathe, Dennis ^h   McPherron, Shannon J P ^g   Turq, Alain ^i,j   Dibble, Harold L ^g,k,l  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f USA   (United States)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^h SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ Musée National de Préhistoire   (France)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^l ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Dose rate heterogeneities; Luminescence dating methods (TL, OSL, IRSL); Middle Palaeolithic variability; Quina Mousterian; Single grain OSL

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LITHIC FRAGMENT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MOUSTERIAN; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

FRANCE;

ANTIRHEA; CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84994619577     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.02.063     Document Type: Article

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