Dating of the hominid (homo neanderthalensis) remains accumulation from el sidrón cave (piloña, asturias, north spain): An example of a multi-methodological approach to the dating of upper pleistocene sites

T. de Torres; J. E. Ortiz; R. GrüN; S. Eggins; H. Valladas; N. Mercier; N. TisnÉRAT-Laborde; R. JuliÁ; V. Soler; E. MartÍNez; S. SÁNchez-Moral; J. C. CaÑAveras; J. Lario; E. Badal; C. Lalueza-FOX; A. RosAs; D. SantamarÍA; M. de la Rasilla; J. Fortea

doi:10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00491.x

Dating of the hominid (homo neanderthalensis) remains accumulation from el sidrón cave (piloña, asturias, north spain): An example of a multi-methodological approach to the dating of upper pleistocene sites

T. de Torres, J. E. Ortiz, R. GrüN, S. Eggins, H. Valladas, N. Mercier, N. TisnÉRAT-Laborde, R. JuliÁ, V. Soler, E. MartÍNez, S. SÁNchez-Moral, J. C. CaÑAveras, J. Lario, E. Badal, C. Lalueza-FOX, A. RosAs, D. SantamarÍA, M. de la Rasilla^*, J. Fortea

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The age of Neanderthal remains and associated sediments from El Sidrón 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	680-705
Number of pages	26
Journal	Archaeometry
Volume	52
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00491.x
Publication status	Published - Aug 2010

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de Torres, T., Ortiz, J. E., GrüN, R., Eggins, S., Valladas, H., Mercier, N., TisnÉRAT-Laborde, N., JuliÁ, R., Soler, V., MartÍNez, E., SÁNchez-Moral, S., CaÑAveras, J. C., Lario, J., Badal, E., Lalueza-FOX, C., RosAs, A., SantamarÍA, D., de la Rasilla, M., & Fortea, J. (2010). Dating of the hominid (homo neanderthalensis) remains accumulation from el sidrón cave (piloña, asturias, north spain): An example of a multi-methodological approach to the dating of upper pleistocene sites. Archaeometry, 52(4), 680-705. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00491.x

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Dating of the hominid (homo neanderthalensis) remains accumulation from el sidrón cave (piloña, asturias, north spain): An example of a multi-methodological approach to the dating of upper pleistocene sites. / de Torres, T.; Ortiz, J. E.; GrüN, R. et al.
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