DATING OF THE HOMINID (HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS) REMAINS ACCUMULATION FROM EL SIDRON CAVE (PILONA, ASTURIAS, NORTH SPAIN): AN EXAMPLE OF A MULTI-METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE DATING OF UPPER PLEISTOCENE SITES

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作者
de Torres, T. [2 ]
Ortiz, J. E. [2 ]
Gruen, R. [3 ]
Eggins, S. [3 ]
Valladas, H. [4 ]
Mercier, N. [4 ]
Tisnerat-Laborde, N. [4 ]
Julia, R. [5 ]
Soler, V. [6 ]
Martinez, E. [7 ]
Sanchez-Moral, S. [8 ]
Canaveras, J. C. [9 ]
Lario, J. [10 ]
Badal, E. [11 ]
Lalueza-Fox, C. [12 ]
Rosas, A. [13 ]
Santamaria, D. [1 ]
de la Rasilla, M. [1 ]
Fortea, J. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oviedo, Dept Hist, Fac Ga & Hist, Oviedo 33011, Spain
[2] Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSIM, Lab Estratig Biomol, Madrid 28003, Spain
[3] Australian Natl Univ, Res Sch Earth Sci, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
[4] CEA CNRS UVSQ, LSCE IPSL, F-91198 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[5] CSIC, Inst Jaume Almera Ciencies Terra, Barcelona 08048, Spain
[6] IPNA CSIC, Estn Volcanol Canarias, Tenerife 38206, Spain
[7] Univ Oviedo, Fac Geol, Dept Geomorfol Interna, Oviedo 33005, Spain
[8] MNCN CSIC, Dept Geol, Madrid 28006, Spain
[9] Univ Alicante, Fac Ciencias, Dept Ciencias Tierra & Medio Ambiente, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
[10] Univ Nacl Educ Distancia, Fac Ciencias, Dept Ciencias Analit, Madrid 28040, Spain
[11] Univ Valencia, Dept Prehist & Arqueol, Fac Ga & Hist, Valencia 46010, Spain
[12] UPF CSIC, Inst Biol Evolut, Barcelona 08003, Spain
[13] MNCN CSIC, Dept Paleobiol, Madrid 28006, Spain
关键词
SPAIN; NEANDERTHAL; DATING; 14C; U; TH; ESR; OSL; AAR; AMINO-ACID RACEMIZATION; U-SERIES; MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA; IMPURE CARBONATES; FOSSIL; AGE; EPIMERIZATION; RADIOCARBON; MORPHOLOGY; SUGGESTS;
D O I
10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00491.x
中图分类号
K85 [文物考古];
学科分类号
0601 ;
摘要
The age of Neanderthal remains and associated sediments from El Sidron cave has been obtained through different dating methods (14CAMS, U/TH, OSL, ESR and AAR) and samples (charcoal debris, bone, tooth dentine, stalagmitic flowstone, carbonate-rich sediments, sedimentary quartz grains, tooth enamel and land snail shells). Detrital Th contamination rendered Th/U dating analyses of flowstone unreliable. Recent 14C contamination produced spurious age-values from charcoal samples as well as from inadequately pretreated tooth samples. Most consistent 14C dates are grouped into two series: one between 35 and 40 ka and the other between 48 and 49 ka. Most ESR and AAR samples yielded concordant ages, ranging between 39 and 45 ka; OSL dating results permitted adequate bracketing of the sedimentary layer that contained the human remains. Our results emphasize the value of multi-dating approaches for the establishment of reliable chronologies of human remains.
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