ESR dating of level L 2/3 at La Micoque (Dordogne), France: Excavations of Debénath and Rigaud

✍ Scribed by H. P. Schwarcz; R. Grün

• Book ID: 102225057
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 281 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0883-6353
• DOI: 10.1002/gea.3340030406

✦ Synopsis

Electron spin resonance (ESR) dates have been obtained on enamel from horse teeth found in Layer L 2/3 of the Lower Paleolithic archaeological site of La Micoque. The age given by six of the seven samples analyzed is between 241 ? 15 and 288 ? 10 ka. the ages given by models that postulate early or continuous (linear) uptake of uranium by the tooth. respectively.