U-Th/ESR combined dating of faunal remains from the Mousterian open site of Beauvais (France)
- 1. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 75 - Paris (France). Lab. de Prehistoire, CNRS UMR 6569, IPH
- 2. Universite des Sciences et technologies de Lille, 80 - Amiens (France). Afan Nord-Picardie et Laboratoire Prehistoire et Quaternaire, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Prehistoriques
- 3. Universite des Sciences et technologies de Lille, 59 - Villeneuve d'Ascq (France), Unite Stratigraphie et paleoenvironnements quaternaires, CNRS Esa8018, Prehistoire et Quaternaire, UFR de Geographie
Description
Faunal remains from the Beauvais open site 'La Justice' (Oise) are the subject of an U-Th dating (disequilibrium of the uranium chain) and an ESR dating (electronic spin resonance). This study was performed in order to identify the chronological situation of the Middle Paleolithic levels of this site located in the north of France, supposedly aged stage 4 after stratigraphic correlations. U-Th ages of bones and dentine are between 20 and 200 ka and are scattered; however, the combined ESR/U-Th ages of rhinoceros dental enamels are homogeneous and indicate that the archaeological levels were deposited between 60 to 40 ka. This period corresponds to the end of the oxygen isotopic stage 4 to the beginning of stage 3. (authors) stage 3. (authors)
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (English)
- Datation ESR/U-Th combinee des restes fauniques du site mousterien de plein air de Beauvais (France)
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Serie 2, Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes
- Journal Issue
- no.5t.329
- Journal Page Range
- p. 369-675
- ISSN
- 1251-8050
- CODEN
- CRSPEA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 31000531
- Subject category
- S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMELS; FOSSILS; ISOTOPE DATING; ISOTOPE RATIO; SKELETON; TEETH; THORIUM 230; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 234; URANIUM 238
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; AGE ESTIMATION; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; COATINGS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIUM 28 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NEON 24 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ORAL CAVITY; ORGANS; RADIOISOTOPES; RESONANCE; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; THORIUM ISOTOPES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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- Notes
- 22 refs.