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ESR chronology of a 100,000-ýear archaeological sequence at Pech de l'Azé II, France

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Rainer Grün ,
Paul Mellars  and
Henri Laville
Rainer Grün
Affiliation:
RainerGrün, Subdepartment of Quaternary Research, University of Cambridge, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RS, UK
Paul Mellars
Affiliation:
Paul Mellars, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ. UK
Henri Laville
Affiliation:
Henri Laville, Institut du Quaternaire, Université de Bordeaux I, URA 133 CNRS, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
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Electron spin resonance (ESR) provides a dated sequence for a classic site in a classic Palaeolithic region, a sequence that covers that difficult period for absolute dating which has often proved too old for radiocarbon and too young for other radiometric methods.

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Antiquity , Volume 65 , Issue 248 , September 1991 , pp. 544 - 551
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1991

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