Magnetic susceptibility applied as an age–depth–climate relative dating technique using sediments from Scladina Cave, a Late Pleistocene cave site in Belgium

Ellwood, Brooks B.; Harrold, Francis B.; Benoist, Stephen L.; Thacker, Paul; Otte, Marcel; Bonjean, Dominique; Long, Gary J.; Shahin, Ahmed M.; Hermann, Raphaël P.; Grandjean, Fernande

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2003.08.009

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“…Sediment magnetic susceptibility has also been widely adopted as a means to explore issues about depositional mechanisms and human occupation of rockshelter and cave sites (Ellwood et al 1997;Ellwood et al 2004;Herries 2006;Herries and Fisher 2010), yet few such studies have been completed on Australian sites (exceptions include Davidson et al 1993;Keys 2009;Marwick 2005;Rosendahl et al 2014). Magnetic susceptibility is a measure of the ease with which a material can be magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field (Thompson and Oldfield 1986, p. 25), and can be used to detect magnetic minerals present in sediments (Evans and Heller 2003).…”

Section: Integrated Approaches To the Study Of Sedimentation In Rocksmentioning

confidence: 99%

A multi-proxy study of anthropogenic sedimentation and human occupation of Gledswood Shelter 1: exploring an interior sandstone rockshelter in Northern Australia

Lowe

Mentzer

Wallis

et al. 2016

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Rockshelters contain some of the most important archives of human activity in Australia but most research has focused on artifacts and cultural context. This study explores geomorphological and geoarchaeological approaches for understanding a sandstone rockshelter in interior northern Australia: Gledswood Shelter 1. At this site, magnetic susceptibility and micromorphology techniques were integrated with bulk sedimentology, soil chemistry and geochronology to better understand the record of human impact and site formation processes. The micromorphology studies indicate that primary depositional fabrics, such as graded bedding or laminations, are absent, and sediment structural development is low throughout the entire sequence, with most samples exhibiting a high degree of post-depositional mixing. The sediment magnetic susceptibility analysis reveals magnetic changes coinciding with human occupation, a result of anthropogenic burning. Specifically we highlight that combustion features are prevalent in this sandstone shelter and provide critical insights into the human usage of the shelter.

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Section: Integrated Approaches To the Study Of Sedimentation In Rocksmentioning

confidence: 99%

A multi-proxy study of anthropogenic sedimentation and human occupation of Gledswood Shelter 1: exploring an interior sandstone rockshelter in Northern Australia

Lowe

Mentzer

Wallis

et al. 2016

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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“…Additionally, enviromagnetic investigations (Evans and Heller 2003;Ellwood et al 2004) were undertaken on the cave sediments. The results of magnetic measurements were plotted as a function of stratigraphy and correlated to the isotope record from Greenland ice cores (North GRIP Members 2004: Fig.…”

Section: Chronologymentioning

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Neanderthals and Monkeys in the Würmian of Central Europe: The Middle Paleolithic Site of Hunas, Southern Germany

Rosendahl

Ambros

Hilpert

et al. 2011

Neanderthal Lifeways, Subsistence and Technology

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The site of Hunas is a cave ruin, filled with bedded sediments up to the roof. About 20 m sediments from the top down were excavated and yielded Middle Paleolithic artifacts as well as numerous faunal remains, including Macaca. With a single human molar, the site is one of the rare Neanderthalian localities in Germany. New TIMS-U/Th dating of speleothems at the base of the profile indicate that the whole sequence was not deposited during the late Middle Pleistocene as previously thought, but during the last glacial. According to the new chronological results, Hunas is the only place which shows the coexistence of man and monkey in the Würmian of Central Europe. The Macaca remains are the most recent evidence of magots in Central Europe so far.

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“…Moreover, karstic sites were attractive locations for human activity, preserving many cultural sequences and archaeological artifacts. Magnetic studies on sedimentary sequences mainly found at the entrance of cave systems depict the environmental signal of these sediments; Ellwood et al (1996Ellwood et al ( , 2004 and Sroubek et al (2001Sroubek et al ( , 2007 performed paleoclimatic reconstructions from mineral magnetic measurements (magnetic susceptibility and remanence parameters), obtained on clastic sediments deposited into the entrance of caves in the Mediterranean region. Also, magnetic properties have been applied as anthropogenic indicators related to burning activities (e.g.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental magnetism: Application to cave sediments

2017

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Magnetic susceptibility applied as an age–depth–climate relative dating technique using sediments from Scladina Cave, a Late Pleistocene cave site in Belgium

Cited by 47 publications

References 28 publications

A multi-proxy study of anthropogenic sedimentation and human occupation of Gledswood Shelter 1: exploring an interior sandstone rockshelter in Northern Australia

A multi-proxy study of anthropogenic sedimentation and human occupation of Gledswood Shelter 1: exploring an interior sandstone rockshelter in Northern Australia

Neanderthals and Monkeys in the Würmian of Central Europe: The Middle Paleolithic Site of Hunas, Southern Germany

Environmental magnetism: Application to cave sediments

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