Cultural and trade practices in Sincu Bara (Senegal): a multi-proxy investigation

Hatté, Christine; Saliège, Jean-François; Senasson, D.; Bocoum, Hamady

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.10.020

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“…Different protocols have been published (Gabasio et al 1986;Johnson et al 1986;Evin et al 1989;Hedges et al 1992;Delqué-KoliË 1995), and more recently the 14 C dating of lipids present in organic residues provided good results (Stott et al 2003;Berstan et al 2008). In Saharan-Sahelian areas, where a good match was found between the 14 C dates obtained from planttempered pottery and associated material (charcoal, bone, or enamel apatite), results indicated that most of the problems associated with pottery 14 C dating in temperate environments do not apply in arid environments Person 1991a,b, 1994;Bernus et al 1999;Sereno et al 2008;Hatté et al 2010).…”

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Direct 14C Dating of Early and Mid-Holocene Saharan Pottery

Messili

2013

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The aim of this study is to directly radiocarbon date pottery from prehistoric rock-art shelters in the Tassili n'Ajjer (central Sahara). We used a combined geochemical and microscopic approach to determine plant material in the pottery prior to direct 14 C dating. The ages obtained range from 5270 ± 35 BP (6276-5948 cal BP) to 8160 ± 45 BP (9190-9015 cal BP), and correlate with the chronology derived from pottery typology. Our results document the transition from pre-Pastoral to Pastoral contexts, dated to the early-mid Holocene transition, and confirm that vegetal temper in pottery can provide reliable 14 C ages within Saharan contexts.

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Direct 14C Dating of Early and Mid-Holocene Saharan Pottery

Messili

2013

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“…The carbon suitable for dating in such a sherds is that remaining from the organic temper [1,6], or originating from the fuel used during pottery production. However, the sherds usually contains also the carbon bound in the clay used by the potter [7], and also that of the humic acids fixed in a sherd during its burial in sediments [1].…”

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