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Thermoluminescence dating on burnt lithics from Middle Stone Age layers at Rose Cottage Cave

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: We discuss thermoluminescence (TL) ages for burnt lithic artefacts from Middle Stone Age layers at Rose Cottage Cave. A weighted mean age of 70.5 lug+l/ug 5 kyr was obtained for the earliest pre- Howieson's Poort layer; the Howieson's Poort layer had ages between 56.3 lug+l/ug 4.5 and 60.4 lug+l/ug 4.6 kyr, whereas the oldest post- Howieson's Poort age was 50.5 lug+l/ug 4.6 kyr. The Howieson's Poort TL dates, which are in agreement with optically stimulated luminescence results obtained for the same sequence and with other radiometric results obtained for other sites, indicate that this technocomplex was still in use at 62-54 kyr ago.

Source: HAL

Authors: Hélène Valladas, Lyn Wadley, Norbert Mercier, L. Froget, Chantal Tribolo, Jean Louis Reyss, Jean Louis Joron

Language: English

Topic: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2337966196

FWCI: 23.51

Cites: 25

Cited by: 58

Related to: 10