Luminescence dating of a transitional Chalcolithic/Bronze Age site in Jordan

Khasawneh, Sahar al; Murray, Andrew; Khalil, Lutfi A.

doi:10.1007/s12520-019-00813-8

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“…Previously, optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) has been used successfully in dating depositions of Tall structures in the Jordan Valley and identifying post-depositional reworking in the layers (al Khasawneh et al, 2011(al Khasawneh et al, , 2017(al Khasawneh et al, , 2019(al Khasawneh et al, , 2020. In this study, OSL is used to date depositional activity and the construction time of the wall by correlating the latter with the natural sedimentation that took place after the wall was constructed.…”

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Luminescence dating of anthropogenic deposits from Tall Zarʿa in the Jordan Valley

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Schmidt²,

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This study uses quartz‐based optically stimulated luminescence dating to determine when a massive fortification wall (W11186) was constructed in the archaeological site of Tall Zarʿa in the Jordan Valley. A total of 11 samples of sediments were taken from a trench on the north side of the wall (extramuros). The extracted quartz grains had good luminescence characteristics and were identified as well bleached by comparison with feldspar infrared‐stimulated luminescence (IRSL) ages. The optical ages showed that the deposition against the wall occurred in two different periods. The first was around 3.20 ± 0.07 ka ago (Iron Age), and the second was around 2.28 ± 0.08 ka (Hellenistic period). Human activity was evident because of the intermixing of cultural material with the presumed naturally deposited units.

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Luminescence dating of anthropogenic deposits from Tall Zarʿa in the Jordan Valley

Khasawneh

Schmidt²,

Murray

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“…In this study, we examine the applicability of OSL dating to Iron age deposition in Tell Damiyeh in the Jordan Valley. Luminescence dating has the potential to provide a chronological framework for archaeological deposits such as architectural structures of both fired and unfired materials (Liritzis et al 2013) (recent works in the Levant; al Khasawneh et al 2016, 2019b; Porat et al 2017; Rhodius et al 2017), buried stones (Sohbati et al 2012, 2015; Freiesleben et al 2015; al Khasawneh et al 2019a, 2019c), undifferentiated ceramics (al Khasawneh et al 2011, 2017), and other materials usually regarded as difficult to date by more conventional means (typology, 14 C, etc.). Unfortunately, the uncertainties on luminescence ages are likely to be >5% of the age (Aitken 1998; Murray et al 2002).…”

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Luminescence Dating of the Iron Age Deposits from Tell Damiyah in the Jordan Valley

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In this study, we investigate quartz-based luminescence optical dating of Iron Age deposits at the archaeological site of Tell Damiyah in the Jordan valley. Ten samples, taken from different occupation layers from two different excavation areas, proved to have good luminescence characteristics (fast-component dominated, dose recovery ratio 1.032 ± 0.010, n=24). The optical ages are completely consistent with both available 14C ages and ages based on stylistic elements; it appears that this material was fully reset at deposition, although it is recognised that the agreement with age control is somewhat dependent on the assumed field water content of the samples. Further comparison with different OSL signals from feldspar, or investigations based on dose distributions from individual grains would be desirable to independently confirm the resetting of this material. It is concluded that the sediments of Tell Damiyah are very suitable for luminescence dating. Despite the relatively large associated age uncertainties of between 5 and 10%, OSL at tell sites has the potential to provide ages for material very difficult to date by conventional methods, and to identify reworked mixtures of older artifacts in a younger depositional setting.

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Luminescence dating of a transitional Chalcolithic/Bronze Age site in Jordan

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Luminescence dating of anthropogenic deposits from Tall Zarʿa in the Jordan Valley

Luminescence dating of anthropogenic deposits from Tall Zarʿa in the Jordan Valley

Luminescence Dating of the Iron Age Deposits from Tell Damiyah in the Jordan Valley

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