<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The OSL, post-IR OSL and pulsed post-IR OSL applied to polymineral grains and calculated by fitting to the data the contributions from fast, medium and slow components revealed that the polymineral samples under study are dominated by the medium component. An increase in De’s with increasing integration intervals was observed, which is considered as an indication of increasing medium and decayed fast component; and the equivalent doses obtained using different components or minerals reflect also the shape of the dose distributions. The identified fast component in polymineral sample has photoionization cross section of 1.2±0.02 × 10−17 cm2. The present study shows the usefulness of the application of different luminescence techniques combined with fitting procedures as a check which should be adopted in dating protocols. Based on luminescence ages obtained on poly-mineral grains from prehistoric pottery samples from the Boroo settlement, Mongolia, which are in agreement with independent age control by 14C on charcoal material, it is argued that the manufacturing of Xiongnu — pottery at this site lasted until ca. 130±75 AD.</p></abstract>

The OSL, post-IR OSL and pulsed post-IR OSL applied to polymineral grains and calculated by fitting to the data the contributions from fast, medium and slow components revealed that the polymineral samples under study are dominated by the medium component. An increase in De’s with increasing integration intervals was observed, which is considered as an indication of increasing medium and decayed fast component; and the equivalent doses obtained using different components or minerals reflect also the shape of the dose distributions. The identified fast component in polymineral sample has photoionization cross section of 1.2±0.02 × 10−17 cm2. The present study shows the usefulness of the application of different luminescence techniques combined with fitting procedures as a check which should be adopted in dating protocols. Based on luminescence ages obtained on poly-mineral grains from prehistoric pottery samples from the Boroo settlement, Mongolia, which are in agreement with independent age control by 14C on charcoal material, it is argued that the manufacturing of Xiongnu — pottery at this site lasted until ca. 130±75 AD.

OSL and TL characteristics of fine grain quartz from Mongolian prehistoric pottery used for dating

Geochronometria

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The OSL, post-IR OSL and pulsed post-IR OSL applied to polymineral grains and calculated by fitting to the data the contributions from fast, medium and slow...

OSL and TL characteristics of fine grain quartz from Mongolian prehistoric pottery used for dating

Published Online: Dec 20, 2013

Page range: 15 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-013-0119-4

Keywords
polymineral fine grains, quartz, OSL, post-IR OSL, fitting OSL components

© 2013 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

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OSL and TL characteristics of fine grain quartz from Mongolian prehistoric pottery used for dating

Published Online: Dec 20, 2013

Page range: 15 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-013-0119-4

Keywordspolymineral fine grains, quartz, OSL, post-IR OSL, fitting OSL components

© 2013 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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Keywords
polymineral fine grains, quartz, OSL, post-IR OSL, fitting OSL components