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230Th/234U age of a Mousterian site in France
Journal article

230Th/234U age of a Mousterian site in France

Abstract

Pech de l'Azé is a group of caves and rock shelters near Sarlat, in the Dordogne district of south-west France. In the cave Pech I there occurs a remanent of breccia containing Mousterian (middle Palaeolithic) artefacts of Denticulate and Typical varieties, overlying a travertine layer. We have used the 230Th/234U dating method to determine the age of this travertine: 123±15 kyr. This age is consistent with deposition of this travertine during …

Authors

Schwarcz HP; Blackwell B

Journal

Nature, Vol. 301, No. 5897, pp. 236–237

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

January 1983

DOI

10.1038/301236a0

ISSN

0028-0836