THERMOLUMINESCENCE DATING OF CERAMICS REVISITED - OPTICAL STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE OF QUARTZ SINGLE ALIQUOT WITH GREEN LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODES

Authors
LIRITZIS I GALLOWAY RB THEOCARIS PS
Citation
I. Liritzis et al., THERMOLUMINESCENCE DATING OF CERAMICS REVISITED - OPTICAL STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE OF QUARTZ SINGLE ALIQUOT WITH GREEN LIGHT-EMITTING-DIODES, Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry, 188(3), 1994, pp. 189-198
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear","Chemistry Analytical","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
02365731
Volume
188
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
189 - 198
Database
ISI
SICI code
0236-5731(1994)188:3<189:TDOCR->2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Two archeological ceramic sherds in a single quartz aliquot form have been dated successfully for the first time, by the newly developed met hod of optical stimulated luminescence (OSL) with green light-emitting diodes (LED). Comparison with the conventional thermoluminescence (TL ) method provided ages of the same order of magnitude. The ceramics co me from two recently excavated sites at ''Hellenikon'' and ''Ligourio' ' in Argolid, Peloponnese, Greece. One sherd dates from the end of 4th millenium B.C., while the other is classified around 7th c. B.C.. The new method of nuclear dating is described in the paper and appropriat ely evaluated.