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