Annual dose measurements and TL-dating of ancient Egyptian pottery

Annual dose measurements and TL-dating of ancient Egyptian pottery

In the course of the dating of ancient Egyptian pottery, pottery sherds were collected from three archaeological tombs in Nazlet El Samman region, Giza zone (Egypt). The annual dose from natural background was measured by gamma spectroscopic technique as well as thermoluminescence (TL) measurements....

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Veröffentlicht in:Radiation physics and chemistry (1993) 1996, Vol.47 (5), p.697-700
Hauptverfasser: Abdel-Wahab, M.S., El-Fiki, S.A., El-Fiki, M.A., Gomaa, M., Abdel-Kariem, S., El-Faramawy, N.
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Sprache:eng
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Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Geochronology
Isotope geochemistry. Geochronology
Marine and continental quaternary
Surficial geology
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Zusammenfassung:In the course of the dating of ancient Egyptian pottery, pottery sherds were collected from three archaeological tombs in Nazlet El Samman region, Giza zone (Egypt). The annual dose from natural background was measured by gamma spectroscopic technique as well as thermoluminescence (TL) measurements. The results of both methods are in good agreement with a consistency of 99.69%. The extracted quartz exhibited TL dating peaks at about(305 ± 5|4)°C. The TL dating shows an age of 4301 ± 100 years for the examined pottery which belongs to the “Fourth Dynasty” in the “Old Kingdom”. The uncertainties in TL dating using the additive method are much lower than that of archeologists.
ISSN:0969-806X
1879-0895
DOI:10.1016/0969-806X(95)00044-X