ESR Dating of the Last Interglacial Mousterian at Karaı̈n Cave, Southern Turkey

Rink, W.I.; Schwarcz, Henry P.; Grün, Rainer; Yalçınkaya, İşın; Taşkıran, Harun; Otte, Marcel; Valladas, Hélène; Mercier, Norbert; Bar‐Yosef, Ofer; Kozłowski, Janusz K.

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“…In general, the sample preparation protocol used in this study follows the method reported by Rink et al (1994), except for the use of a new method of calculation of beta attenuation in the tooth enamel layer. This method is based on one-group theory (O'Brien et al, 1964;Prestwich et al, 1997), which has been shown to be in close agreement with experimental measurements and recent Monte Carlo calcu- lations of beta attenuation in tooth enamel (Brennan et al, 1997;Yang, 1997;Yang et al, 1998).…”

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Electron spin resonance (ESR) and thermal ionization mass spectrometric (TIMS) ²³⁰Th/²³⁴U dating of teeth in Middle Paleolithic layers at Amud Cave, Israel

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Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating and thermal ionization mass spectrometric 230 Th/ 234 U dating was conducted on six teeth from the prehistoric site of Amud Cave. By combining the ESR and 230 Th/ 234 U analyses, we obtained burial ages for teeth in various layers of the site. Layer B 1 /6-7, from which the Amud I Neanderthal skeleton was recovered, is dated to 53 Ϯ 8 ka. Layer B 2 /8, which yielded other important human remains including the Amud 7 skeleton, gives a mean burial age of 61 Ϯ 9 ka. One tooth from the lowest layer (B 4 ) yielded a date of 70 Ϯ 11 ka, but another tooth from this layer gave an 113 Ϯ 18 ka. Despite this discrepancy, these ages agree with previously published TL ages on heated flints for the corresponding layers. This agreement between ESR on tooth enamel and TL on burned flint is also seen at all other sites studied with both methods in Israel. ᭧

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Electron spin resonance (ESR) and thermal ionization mass spectrometric (TIMS) ²³⁰Th/²³⁴U dating of teeth in Middle Paleolithic layers at Amud Cave, Israel

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“…Sample preparation and ESR measurement procedures followed standard techniques (Rink, 1994). If sediment was attached to the teeth, the closest 2 mm was collected for β dose rate determination.…”

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ESR dating of tooth enamel in Mousterian layer 20, El Castillo, Spain

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Nine faunal teeth from Layer 20 of El Castillo cave in Cantabrian Spain were dated using electron spin resonance (ESR). Two teeth were rejected due to inconsistent sub-sample ages, while the remaining teeth yielded a mean age that is consistent with the stratigraphic expectations: 42.7±3.5. Uncertainty in the external γ dose rate results in a potential systematic uncertainty of ±6.4 ka that should affect all samples equally. The results provide independent confirmation of previously-reported 14 C ages for Layer 20.

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“…The moisture content of sediments was determined as the weight fraction of the dry sediment. ESR dating was done using the protocol described in Rink et al (1994), except that the stripping and thickness measurements on the enamel were done with higher accuracy and precision using a micrometer indicator. The ESR ages were calculated using the ROSY ESR dating software, which incorporates more accurate beta dose rate calculations (Brennan et al, 1999) than those used in previous studies.…”

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ESR and uranium series dating of teeth from the lower Paleolithic site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel: Confirmation of paleomagnetic age indications

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Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating of tooth enamel and U-series dating of adjacent dentine was carried out on samples obtained from Layers II-6 and II-7 from the lower Paleolithic site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel. The combined ESR/U-series age estimate of these layers was found to be 652 Ϯ 29 ka. The samples were collected about 2-4.5 m above the Brunhes-Matuyama (B/M) chron boundary at the site. Goren-Inbar et al. [(2000). Pleistocene milestones on the Outof Africa corridor at Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel. Science, 289, 944-947] suggested that the entire sequence formed between 800 and 700 ka. Using their assumed accumulation rate (compacted sediment) of 0.43 m ka -1 , our samples would have been deposited 775-765 ka. Minimum accumulation rates found in the literature for similar environments suggest the extrapolated age could be as young as 765-750 ka. While our dates lie outside this range, they confirm the assignment of the paleomagnetic transition as the B/M boundary.

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ESR Dating of the Last Interglacial Mousterian at Karaı̈n Cave, Southern Turkey

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Electron spin resonance (ESR) and thermal ionization mass spectrometric (TIMS) ²³⁰Th/²³⁴U dating of teeth in Middle Paleolithic layers at Amud Cave, Israel

Electron spin resonance (ESR) and thermal ionization mass spectrometric (TIMS) ²³⁰Th/²³⁴U dating of teeth in Middle Paleolithic layers at Amud Cave, Israel

ESR dating of tooth enamel in Mousterian layer 20, El Castillo, Spain

ESR and uranium series dating of teeth from the lower Paleolithic site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel: Confirmation of paleomagnetic age indications

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Electron spin resonance (ESR) and thermal ionization mass spectrometric (TIMS) 230Th/234U dating of teeth in Middle Paleolithic layers at Amud Cave, Israel

Electron spin resonance (ESR) and thermal ionization mass spectrometric (TIMS) 230Th/234U dating of teeth in Middle Paleolithic layers at Amud Cave, Israel

ESR dating of tooth enamel in Mousterian layer 20, El Castillo, Spain

ESR and uranium series dating of teeth from the lower Paleolithic site of Gesher Benot Ya'aqov, Israel: Confirmation of paleomagnetic age indications

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Electron spin resonance (ESR) and thermal ionization mass spectrometric (TIMS) ²³⁰Th/²³⁴U dating of teeth in Middle Paleolithic layers at Amud Cave, Israel

Electron spin resonance (ESR) and thermal ionization mass spectrometric (TIMS) ²³⁰Th/²³⁴U dating of teeth in Middle Paleolithic layers at Amud Cave, Israel