Published 1982 | Version v1
Book

TL dating of Medieval pottery from North-East England using the pre-dose technique

Creators

  • 1. TL Dating Unit, Department of Archaeology, Durham, England

Description

Our laboratory has, over the past three years, concentrated on the application of the pre-dose technique to dating Medieval pottery, Sherds were obtained from one particular monastic site which had produced a sequence of pottery considered to be from the middle Saxon period to the sixteenth century. Some thirty sherds of various fabrics were tested. The problems that were encountered in dating this pottery and the procedures used to deal with them are discussd in the paper. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Risoe National Laboratory.
Imprint Place
Roskilde (Denmark)
ISBN
87-550-0872-0
Imprint Title
2. Nordic conference on the application of scientific methods in archaeology
Imprint Pagination
514 p.
Journal Issue
Pt. 1
Series
PACT, 7.
Journal Page Range
p. 75-80.

Conference

Title
2. Nordic conference on the application of scientific methods in archaeology.
Dates
17 - 19 Aug 1981.
Place
Elsinore (Denmark).

INIS

Country of Publication
Denmark
Country of Input or Organization
Denmark
INIS RN
14716793
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
AGE ESTIMATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; DOSE RATES; THERMOLUMINESCENCE
Descriptors DEC
LUMINESCENCE