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Radiometric dating of the Middle Palaeolithic tool industry and associated fauna of Pin Hole Cave, Creswell Crags, England

✍ Scribed by Roger M. Jacobi; Peter J. Rowe; Mabs A. Gilmour; Rainer Grün; Timothy C. Atkinson

Book ID: 101283023
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 254 KB
Volume: 13
Category: Article
ISSN: 0267-8179
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199801/02)13:1<29::aid-jqs346>3.0.co;2-6

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✦ Synopsis

Uranium-series dating of derived speleothem suggests that the sediments enclosing a Middle Palaeolithic stone artefact assemblage in Pin Hole Cave probably accumulated after about 64 ka, and 14 C dates indicate a likely age of Ͼ 40 ka for the large mammal fauna associated with it. Electron spin resonance data from the fauna conform with these age constraints and are consistent with accumulation between 38 and 50 ka. This evidence supports the view that Britain was recolonised by hominids during Oxygen Isotope Stage 3. Stratigraphically higher stone tool industries demonstrate the local presence of both early Upper and late Upper Palaeolithic cultures.

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