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Article Dans Une Revue Quaternary Geochronology Année : 2021

ESR/U-series and ESR dating of several Middle Pleistocene Italian sites: Comparison with 40Ar/39Ar chronology

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The stratigraphic sequences of numerous Palaeolithic sites of Central and Southern Italy, very rich in both archaeological and palaeontological remains, have also recorded Pleistocene volcanic events through volcanic ash deposits (tephra). They allow the establishment of an accurate chronological framework by comparing results obtained by 40Ar/39Ar dating method on single volcanic K-feldspar crystals, with those derived from ESR and ESR/U-series analyses on fluvial bleached quartz and tooth enamel respectively.Since 2009, these three methods were hence applied on samples of several Middle Pleistocene sites of Central and Southern Italy including both volcanic and archaeological levels (from the west to the east): La Polledrara di Cecanibbio, Isoletta, (Latium), Guado San Nicola, Isernia La Pineta (Molise), Valle Giumentina (Abruzzo) and Venosa Notarchirico (Basilicata).The obtained results, covering a time range from 660 to 350 ka, prove that such a multi-method approach when possible is essential to constrain the chronology of each site and allow the recognition of the specific limitations due to the lack of quartz for ESR or to complex geochemical histories in teeth rendering difficult the ESR/U-series method. Despite these limitations, the ESR framework is globally in agreement with the 40Ar/39Ar chronology, while ESR/U-series dates can be underestimated for the oldest sites. In such cases, an isochron approach attests however of the quite good reliability of the palaeodosimetric reconstruction and the observed age underestimation could be related to other factors affecting the ESR age determination.
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Jean-Jacques Bahain, Pierre Voinchet, Amina Vietti, Qingfeng Shao, Olivier Tombret, et al.. ESR/U-series and ESR dating of several Middle Pleistocene Italian sites: Comparison with 40Ar/39Ar chronology. Quaternary Geochronology, 2021, 63, pp.101151. ⟨10.1016/j.quageo.2021.101151⟩. ⟨hal-03232895⟩
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