Thermoluminescence and radiocarbon dating of pre-colonial ceramics and organic midden material from the US Virgin Islands: outline for a revised chronology

Thermoluminescence and radiocarbon dating of pre-colonial ceramics and organic midden material from the US Virgin Islands: outline for a revised chronology

Abstract A sample of 128 pottery shards curated by the National Museum of Denmark, from seven archaeological sites in the US Virgin Islands, has been dated using the thermoluminescence dating (TL) technique with the purpose of refining local pre-colonial pottery chronology. The results of the TL-dat...

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Main Authors: Joshua Torres, Casper Jacobsen Toftgaard, Thomas Delbey, David Brewer, John Farchette, Guillermo de La Fuente, Kaare Lund Rasmussen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-05-01
Series:Heritage Science
Subjects:
US Virgin Islands
Pre-contact ceramics
Thermoluminescence dating
Radiocarbon dating
Migration
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-00936-1

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