Journal article
ESR dating of tooth enamel in Mousterian layer 20, El Castillo, Spain
Abstract
Abstract Nine faunal teeth from layer 20 of El Castillo cave in Cantabrian Spain were dated using electron spin resonance (ESR). Two teeth were rejected due to inconsistent subsample ages, while the remaining teeth yielded a mean age that is consistent with the stratigraphic expectations: 42.7±3.5. Uncertainty in the external γ dose rate results in a potential systematic uncertainty of±6.4ka that should affect all samples equally. The results …
Authors
Liberda JJ; Thompson JW; Rink WJ; de Quirós FB; Jayaraman R; Selvaretinam K; Chancellor‐Maddison K; Volterra V
Journal
Geoarchaeology, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 467–474
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
July 2010
DOI
10.1002/gea.20320
ISSN
0883-6353