Dating dry-stone walls with rock surface luminescence: A case study from the Italian Alps

Ageby, Lucas; Angelucci, Diego E.; Brill, Dominik; Carrer, Francesco; Brückner, Helmut; Klasen, Nicole

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2022.105625

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“…Recently, luminescence rock surface dating has been used to date rocks that have experienced one or more of a series of daylight exposure and burial events (Freiesleben et al, 2015; Liritzis, 2013; Sohbati et al, 2012); in many cases, these events were previously undatable. The technique has great potential in various applications in archeology and geology, and in particular, it can resolve chronological problems in sites that lack organic matter (e.g., megalithic structures) (e.g., al Khasawneh et al, 2019, 2019, 2022; Ageby et al, 2022, 2021; Rades et al, 2018; Sohbati et al, 2015; Souza et al, 2019, 2021). In geology, the technique has also been used to date erratic boulders in Morocco (May et al, 2018), and glacial advance in Europe (Lehmann et al, 2018).…”

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The Big Circles in Jordan: First absolute ages using rock luminescence surface dating

al Khasawneh,

Abudanah,

Thompson

et al. 2023

Geoarchaeology

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In this study, we provide the first absolute ages for a Big Circle megalithic structure in Jordan, using rock surface luminescence dating of the buried surface of rocks collected from circle J4 in southern Jordan. Five rocks were used for this study. All rocks showed evidence of previous daylight exposure before being used in the construction of the circle. The exposure was sufficient to bleach the latent luminescence signal to a negligible level compared to the subsequent burial dose. Three rocks gave indistinguishable ages, and were last exposed to daylight in 1500 ± 100 BCE; this is very likely to be the date of circle construction. Two others gave younger ages, indicating later disturbance or reworking. These new results provide very strong evidence for construction during the Late Bronze Age, and refute the earlier hypothesis of construction during Umayyad period (661–750 CE) as a hunting trap.

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Section: The Big Circles Definition Function and Chronologymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Big Circles in Jordan: First absolute ages using rock luminescence surface dating

al Khasawneh,

Abudanah,

Thompson

et al. 2023

Geoarchaeology

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The Ornamental white marble use and reuse at the Ottoman palaces of Algiers’ Regency: New knowledge to a provenance study

Bibimoune,

Chergui,

Hamza

et al. 2024

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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This multi-disciplinary study examines from a historical and technical approach the supply of ornamental white marble in Ottoman Algiers between the 17th and 19th centuries. Our systematic analysis of Ottoman Regency administration archives, in particular the correspondence between the provincial chiefs of Algiers and Cherchell dating from 1824 to 1825 AD , reveals two completely different supply routes for white ornamental marble to Algiers' building sites: the rst identi es Genoa as the unique source of imports, while the second con rms the use of the remains from the ancient Roman city of Cherchell/Caesarea. In order to verify these provenances of ornamental white marble, petrographic and geochemical analyses were carried out on fteen (15) samples of white marble from the decorative elements of the Algiers Citadel: a palatial complex whose construction and subsequent completion correspond to the same period as these exchanges of o cial correspondence. Experimental results con rm the Italian provenance of some samples, particularly from Carrara, while others appear to be of local origin from Fil la.

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General order kinetics model for OSL rock surface exposure dating

Biswas

Pathan

Malik

2023

Proc.Indian Natl. Sci. Acad.

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Dating dry-stone walls with rock surface luminescence: A case study from the Italian Alps

Cited by 7 publications

References 58 publications

The Big Circles in Jordan: First absolute ages using rock luminescence surface dating

The Big Circles in Jordan: First absolute ages using rock luminescence surface dating

The Ornamental white marble use and reuse at the Ottoman palaces of Algiers’ Regency: New knowledge to a provenance study

General order kinetics model for OSL rock surface exposure dating

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