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Thermoluminescence date for the Mousterian burial site of Es-Skhül, Mt. Carmel

Authors :
Norbert Mercier
Chris Stringer
Hélène Valladas
B. Vandermeersch
J.-L. Joron
Ofer Bar-Yosef
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
Centre des Faibles Radioactivités
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)
Department of Anthropology [Havard University]
Harvard University [Cambridge]
Laboratoire d'anthropologie des populations du passé
Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Laboratoire Pierre Süe (LPS)
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Harvard University
Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Source :
Journal of Archaeological Science, Journal of Archaeological Science, Elsevier, 1993, 20 (2), pp.169-174. ⟨10.1006/jasc.1993.1012⟩, Journal of Archaeological Science, 1993, 20 (2), pp.169-174. ⟨10.1006/jasc.1993.1012⟩
Publication Year :
1993
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 1993.

Abstract

International audience; In the 1930s, the skeletal remains of at least 10 hominids were uncovered in the cave of es-Skhul (Mt. Carmel, Israel). Thermoluminescence (TL) dates have been obtained on six burnt flints from level B in which these so-called "proto-Cro-Magnons' " remains were found. The TL average date, 119 ± 18 ky BP, is consistent with the previous ESR estimates (81 ± 15-101 ± 12 ky BP) and confirms the great antiquity of early modern humans in the Levant.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03054403 and 10959238
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Archaeological Science, Journal of Archaeological Science, Elsevier, 1993, 20 (2), pp.169-174. ⟨10.1006/jasc.1993.1012⟩, Journal of Archaeological Science, 1993, 20 (2), pp.169-174. ⟨10.1006/jasc.1993.1012⟩
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....101ae42707a8ddc04e81fd4612908999
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1993.1012⟩