The temple of apollo (Delphi) strengthens novel thermoluminescence dating method
✍ Scribed by I. Liritzis; P. Guibert; F. Foti; M. Schvoerer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 267 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0883-6353
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✦ Synopsis
The temple of Apollo in Delphi (Greece), built in 550 B.C., has been used to reconfirm a novel method of dating carved megalithic stone buildings using thermoluminescence (TL) (Liritzis, 1994). A calcitic (marble) sample was taken from the western side of the well-known inscribed polygonal wall, which constitutes the southern external support foundations of the temple. A partially bleached TL methodology was devised to determine first the ancient residual TL and then the correct archaeological dose. The obtained TL age of 420 Ϯ 300 B.C. is compatible, within the margin of error, with the archaeological age.