Luminescence and compositional studies for the identification of "fire-setting" features at prehistoric mine La Turquesa (Catalonia, Spain)
Rodrigues, Ana Luísa (Universidade de Lisboa. Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN))
Marques, Rosa (Universidade de Lisboa. Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN))
Dias, Maria Isabel (Universidade de Lisboa. Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN))
Prudêncio, Maria Isabel (Universidade de Lisboa. Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (C2TN))
Cardoso, Guilherme (Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente. Divisão de Planeamento e Proteção Radiológica)
Russo, Dulce (University of Lisbon)
Rafel i Fontanals, Núria 1954- (Universitat de Lleida. Facultat de Geografia i Història)
Soriano, Eni (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Prehistòria)

Date:	2022
Description:	12 pàg.
Abstract:	Modern mining activities often leads to destruction of archaeological records, making difficult to date the contexts and tools. In this work, a prehistoric mine with "fire-setting" techniques evidence was used to demonstrate the relevance of luminescence protocols to identify and date ancient mining activities. Chemical and mineralogical studies complemented the dosimetric ones by means of luminescence protocols. One of the samples shows lower absorbed dose suggesting heating procedures, like "fire-setting" and its luminescence age, determined by SAROSL, points to copper exploitation during the Middle/Late Bronze Age at La Turquesa mine, in accordance with archaeological records.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Geochemistry ; Luminescence dating ; Luminescence protocols ; Prehistoric mining ; "Fire-setting"
Published in:	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 331 Núm. 3 (2022) , p. 331-1408, ISSN 1588-2780

DOI: 10.1007/s10967-022-08198-0

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