Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating was applied to the Neolithic Vinca culture's type-site, Vinca Belo-Brdo, to establish best protocols for routine luminescence dating of similar Holocene sites, critical in understanding Neolithic to Chalcolithic cultural development. Equivalent dose (De) values were investigated for sediment samples using 63-90 mm grains on large and small aliquots, and single-grain laser luminescence (SGLL), and for pottery samples using large aliquots of 4-11 mm grains. The effects of changing water content and the different techniques available to establish radionuclide concentration were explored for their impacts on dose rate (Dr) estimates. Ages for two pottery samples of 6.74 +/- 0.37 ka and 7.04 +/- 0.47 ka are in line with the existing AMS radiocarbon chronology for the site and are regarded as the best dates available. Sediment samples at Vinca show poor signal strength, and the uncertainty over past water content, in addition to the possibility ...of mixing and/or partial bleaching of the quartz, means that we do not recommend the use of sediment-derived ages at complex archaeological sites such as Vinca. OSL dating of fired pottery however, presents a powerful tool for generating independent chronologies at archaeological sites as well as providing additional constraints for Bayesian age models.
Keywords:
Vinca / Single grain / Pottery / OSL / Neolithic
Source:
Quaternary International, 2017, 429, 45-53
Publisher:
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford
Funding / projects:
Natural Environment Research Council and UK Research & Innovation [NE/H525946/1]
Dame Margaret Tuke Travel Bursary, Royal Holloway
Nordic Centre of Excellence programme of the Joint Committee of the Nordic Natural Science Research Councils
TY - CONF
AU - Bate, Stephen
AU - Stevens, Thomas
AU - Buylaert, Jan-Pieter
AU - Marković, Slobodan B.
AU - Roos, Per
AU - Tasić, Nenad
PY - 2017
UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2469
AB - Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating was applied to the Neolithic Vinca culture's type-site, Vinca Belo-Brdo, to establish best protocols for routine luminescence dating of similar Holocene sites, critical in understanding Neolithic to Chalcolithic cultural development. Equivalent dose (De) values were investigated for sediment samples using 63-90 mm grains on large and small aliquots, and single-grain laser luminescence (SGLL), and for pottery samples using large aliquots of 4-11 mm grains. The effects of changing water content and the different techniques available to establish radionuclide concentration were explored for their impacts on dose rate (Dr) estimates. Ages for two pottery samples of 6.74 +/- 0.37 ka and 7.04 +/- 0.47 ka are in line with the existing AMS radiocarbon chronology for the site and are regarded as the best dates available. Sediment samples at Vinca show poor signal strength, and the uncertainty over past water content, in addition to the possibility of mixing and/or partial bleaching of the quartz, means that we do not recommend the use of sediment-derived ages at complex archaeological sites such as Vinca. OSL dating of fired pottery however, presents a powerful tool for generating independent chronologies at archaeological sites as well as providing additional constraints for Bayesian age models.
PB - Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford
C3 - Quaternary International
T1 - Pottery versus sediment: Optically stimulated luminescence dating of the Neolithic Vinca culture, Serbia
EP - 53
SP - 45
VL - 429
DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.042
ER -
@conference{
author = "Bate, Stephen and Stevens, Thomas and Buylaert, Jan-Pieter and Marković, Slobodan B. and Roos, Per and Tasić, Nenad",
year = "2017",
abstract = "Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating was applied to the Neolithic Vinca culture's type-site, Vinca Belo-Brdo, to establish best protocols for routine luminescence dating of similar Holocene sites, critical in understanding Neolithic to Chalcolithic cultural development. Equivalent dose (De) values were investigated for sediment samples using 63-90 mm grains on large and small aliquots, and single-grain laser luminescence (SGLL), and for pottery samples using large aliquots of 4-11 mm grains. The effects of changing water content and the different techniques available to establish radionuclide concentration were explored for their impacts on dose rate (Dr) estimates. Ages for two pottery samples of 6.74 +/- 0.37 ka and 7.04 +/- 0.47 ka are in line with the existing AMS radiocarbon chronology for the site and are regarded as the best dates available. Sediment samples at Vinca show poor signal strength, and the uncertainty over past water content, in addition to the possibility of mixing and/or partial bleaching of the quartz, means that we do not recommend the use of sediment-derived ages at complex archaeological sites such as Vinca. OSL dating of fired pottery however, presents a powerful tool for generating independent chronologies at archaeological sites as well as providing additional constraints for Bayesian age models.",
publisher = "Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford",
journal = "Quaternary International",
title = "Pottery versus sediment: Optically stimulated luminescence dating of the Neolithic Vinca culture, Serbia",
pages = "53-45",
volume = "429",
doi = "10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.042"
}
Bate, S., Stevens, T., Buylaert, J., Marković, S. B., Roos, P.,& Tasić, N.. (2017). Pottery versus sediment: Optically stimulated luminescence dating of the Neolithic Vinca culture, Serbia. in Quaternary International
Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford., 429, 45-53.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.042
Bate S, Stevens T, Buylaert J, Marković SB, Roos P, Tasić N. Pottery versus sediment: Optically stimulated luminescence dating of the Neolithic Vinca culture, Serbia. in Quaternary International. 2017;429:45-53.
doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.042 .
Bate, Stephen, Stevens, Thomas, Buylaert, Jan-Pieter, Marković, Slobodan B., Roos, Per, Tasić, Nenad, "Pottery versus sediment: Optically stimulated luminescence dating of the Neolithic Vinca culture, Serbia" in Quaternary International, 429 (2017):45-53,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.042 . .
