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An OSL chronology for the sedimentary deposits from Pinnacle Point Cave 13B—A punctuated presence

Jacobs, Zenobia

Journal of human evolution, 2010-09, Vol.59 (3), p.289-305 [Periódico revisado por pares]

England: Elsevier Ltd

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  • Título:
    An OSL chronology for the sedimentary deposits from Pinnacle Point Cave 13B—A punctuated presence
  • Autor: Jacobs, Zenobia
  • Assuntos: Archaeological dating ; Archaeology ; Chronology as Topic ; D e distribution ; Dunes ; Geoarchaeology ; Geologic Sediments ; Geology ; Human origins ; Humans ; Luminescence ; Marine Isotope Stage 5 ; Middle Stone Age ; Minerals ; Optically Stimulated Luminescence ; Quartz - chemistry ; Radiometric Dating ; Samples ; Single grains ; South Africa ; Stone Age
  • É parte de: Journal of human evolution, 2010-09, Vol.59 (3), p.289-305
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  • Descrição: Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) measurements are reported for single aliquots and single grains of quartz from sedimentary deposits within Cave 13B at Pinnacle Point, South Africa (PP13B). Ages have been obtained for 30 samples from the Middle Stone Age and from sterile geological deposits at the base and top of the sediment sequence. The ages for all the archaeological units have been obtained from single-grain measurements that enable unrepresentative grains to be rejected after they have been scrutinized for their OSL behavior. The shape of the equivalent dose distribution and the degree of spread in equivalent dose for each sample have also been scrutinized for evidence of depositional and post-depositional effects that can influence the accuracy of the age estimates. This study also used the same systematic approach as that used for the dating of the Howieson’s Poort and Still Bay in South Africa. This single-grain approach results in more accurate and precise age estimates that place all ages measured and analyzed in this way on a common timescale. Four periods of human occupation have been dated to ∼162 ka, ∼125 ka, ∼110 ka, and ∼99–91 ka during Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 6, 5e, 5d, and 5c, respectively. Occupation of the site appears to have occurred at periods of higher sea level and increased aeolian activity, and the cave was ultimately sealed by the accumulation of a large dune ∼90 ka ago that infilled the cave, but also blanketed the cliff face above the cave, thus preventing further habitation of the site until ∼39 ka.
  • Editor: England: Elsevier Ltd
  • Idioma: Inglês
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