Thermoluminescence dating of ancient pottery from tombs of industrial site excavation at tammy, Saudi Arabia
Description
In the course of dating ancient pottery, the pottery shreds were collected from tombs of industrial site excavation located at Tayma zone in north west of Saudi Arabia. The extracted quartz exhibited TL dating peak at about 325 ± 5 degree C and 350 ± 5 degree C. The calculation of annual dose rate is considered as the most important term in the estimation of archaeological dating. The annual dose rate of the site that the pottery shreds buried in it was determined by using gamma ray spectrometer. The gamma spectrum of the soil samples was investigated using high resolution gamma ray spectrometer. The absolute dose for each gamma line was calculated and the annual dose rate was found to be 4348.02 ± 64.82 μ Gy/yr. The TL dating was 2988.51 ± 41 years. The obtained age shows that the uncertainties in TL dating using the additive method are much lower than that of archaeologists
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Isotope and Radiation Research
- Journal Volume
- 38
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1-10
- ISSN
- 0021-1907
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Egypt
- Country of Input or Organization
- Egypt
- INIS RN
- 38003531
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES; S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- AGE ESTIMATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; DOSE RATES; ENERGY RESOLUTION; GAMMA SPECTRA; HIGH-PURITY GE DETECTORS; ISOTOPE DATING; MULTI-CHANNEL ANALYZERS; NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY; POTASSIUM 40; QUARTZ; SAUDI ARABIA; SOILS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; AGE ESTIMATION; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ARAB COUNTRIES; ASIA; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EMISSION; EQUIPMENT; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; LUMINESCENCE; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MIDDLE EAST; MINERALS; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTON EMISSION; POTASSIUM ISOTOPES; PULSE ANALYZERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RESOLUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SPECTRA; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM ISOTOPES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES