Luminescence dating of Youfangbei early late Pleistocene site, Nihewan Basin, North China

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Ying Lu ◽  
Xuefeng Sun ◽  
Hailong Zhao ◽  
Peiyang Tan
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
North China ◽  
Luminescence Dating ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Paleolithic Site ◽  
Nihewan Basin ◽  
Infrared Stimulated Luminescence ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Early Late ◽  
Small Flake

Abstract Sites dated to the early late Pleistocene are still limited in North China, which has hindered the detailed analysis of the development of Paleolithic industries in the late Pleistocene in this area. The Youfangbei (YFB) site is a newly excavated small-flake-tool Paleolithic site near the Youfang (YF) microblade site in the Nihewan Basin, North China. Because the small-flake-tool industry still existed in the late part of the late Pleistocene and might be related to the emergence of microlithic industries, the relationship between the two sites needs to be determined through a chronological study. Two profiles were excavated, and most of the artifact assemblages were unearthed in the lower profile (T1) from a depth of 0.9 m from the bottom. In this study, the feldspar post-infrared infrared stimulated luminescence method was applied to determine the age of the YFB site. Results showed that the upper profile was deposited from 86–0.5 ka, and the cultural layer in T1 yielded age of 124–82 ka, corresponding to Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5, with an irregular but generally mild climate. The age of the YFB site is too old to be directly related to that of the YF site, but it partly bridges a chronological gap of human occupation in the Nihewan Basin.

scholarly journals The Chronostratigraphy of the Aurignacian in the Northern Carpathian Basin Based on New Chronometric/Archeological Data from Seňa I (Eastern Slovakia)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-96
Author(s):  
Wei Chu ◽  
Ľubomíra Kaminská ◽  
Nicole Klasen ◽  
Christian Zeeden ◽  
György Lengyel
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Modern Human ◽  
Carpathian Basin ◽  
Luminescence Dating ◽  
Time Constraints ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Infrared Stimulated Luminescence ◽  
Geoscientific Data

AbstractThe northern Carpathian Basin has important geological, paleoenvironmental, and archeological records that are key to our understanding of the first modern human occupation of Europe. However, the nature and timing of hominin settlements in the region during the Late Pleistocene remain poorly understood. New fieldwork at Seňa I, Slovakia, has identified the only known stratified open-air Aurignacian site in the region and assigned the assemblage to at least 33.5 ± 2.4 ka ago through infrared-stimulated luminescence dating. Additionally, new archeological and geoscientific data are presented. This paper discusses the Seňa I findings in the context of the regional archeological record and shows how they contribute to the establishment of clear time constraints for the Aurignacian in eastern central Europe.

Luminescence dating of late pleistocene lacustrine deposits in Badain Jaran Desert, north China

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Zhao ◽  
Xinfan Wang ◽  
Hongyu Yang ◽  
Keqi Wang ◽  
Jianwei Geng
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
North China ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Luminescence Dating ◽  
Badain Jaran Desert ◽  
Lacustrine Deposits ◽  
Infrared Stimulated Luminescence ◽  
Mis 5 ◽  
Luminescence Characteristics ◽  
Quartz Grains

Abstract There are still controversies for the lakes evolution time during late Pleistocene in arid/semiarid north China. Badain Jaran Desert (BJD) features the coexisting of modern lakes in the lowland of megadunes. Also, lots of lacustrine relics could be found distributed widely in the desert, some of them just beside the modern lakes. These lacustrine relics indicated the paleo lakes evolution and the paleo environmental changes in the desert. In this study, one 3.9 m depth lacustrine deposits section was studied in the southeastern BJD which is close to a modern lake Zongzegedan (ZZGD). The deposit ages of the section were obtained by using optical dating with both of quartz and K-feldspar grains. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of quartz grains shows that this paleolake was appeared during 65–34 ka, which is in the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 period, without the saturation of the OSL signals. On the other hand, the high temperature infrared stimulated luminescence (pIR IRSL) dating results from K-feldspar grains show that the paleolake was existed from late MIS 5 to late MIS 4 (86–60 ka) period with also good luminescence characteristics. The further study suggested that the OSL signals from quartz grains in this section show thermal instability, which may lead to the age underestimation. So the reliable age of the existed paleolake should be obtained by using pIRIR signals from K-feldspar, indicated that the relative humid environment in the desert happened at late MIS 5. The paleolake has same position with modern lake in the desert may contain geomorphological indications.

scholarly journals Luminescence Dating of Fluvial Deposits from the Weser Valley, Germany

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Roskosch ◽  
Sumiko Tsukamoto ◽  
Manfred Frechen
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Luminescence Dating ◽  
Marine Isotope Stage ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Luminescence Signal ◽  
Fluvial Deposits ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Infrared Stimulated Luminescence ◽  
Off Time

Abstract Luminescence dating was applied on coarse-grained monomineralic potassium-rich feld-spar and polymineralic fine-grained minerals of five samples derived from fluvial deposits of the Riv-er Weser in northwestern Germany. We used a pulsed infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL) single aliquot regenerative (SAR) dose protocol with an IR stimulation at 50°C for 400 s (50 μs on-time and 200 μs off-time). In order to obtain a stable luminescence signal, only off-time IRSL signal was rec-orded. Performance tests gave solid results. Anomalous fading was intended to be reduced by using the pulsed IRSL signal measured at 50°C (IR50), but fading correction was in most cases necessary due to moderate fading rates. Fading uncorrected and corrected pulsed IR50 ages revealed two major fluvial aggradation phases during the Late Pleistocene, namely during marine isotope stage (MIS) 5d (100 ± 5 ka) and from late MIS 5b to MIS 4 (77 ± 6 ka to 68 ± 5 ka). The obtained luminescence ages are consistent with previous 230Th/U dating results from underlying interglacial deposits of the same pit, which are correlated with MIS 7c to early MIS 6.

Paleoenvironmental conditions at Madigou (MDG), a newly discovered Early Paleolithic site in the Nihewan Basin, North China

2016 ◽  
Vol 400 ◽  
pp. 100-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Li ◽  
Shuwen Pei ◽  
Zhenxiu Jia ◽  
Ying Guan ◽  
Dongwei Niu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North China ◽  
Paleolithic Site ◽  
Nihewan Basin ◽  
Early Paleolithic

Magnetostratigraphic dating of the Huojiadi Paleolithic site in the Nihewan Basin, North China

2010 ◽  
Vol 298 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 399-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Liu ◽  
Chenglong Deng ◽  
Shihu Li ◽  
Rixiang Zhu
Keyword(s):  
North China ◽  
Paleolithic Site ◽  
Nihewan Basin

Chronology of the Huxushan Paleolithic site in south China: Inferred from multiple luminescence dating techniques

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai-Cheng Lai ◽  
Yi-Yuan Li ◽  
Jia-Fu Zhang ◽  
Liping Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Optically Stimulated Luminescence ◽  
Luminescence Dating ◽  
Hunan Province ◽  
Paleolithic Site ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Infrared Stimulated Luminescence ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Fine Quartz ◽  
Marine Isotope Stage 5

Abstract The Huxushan archaeological site in northern Hunan Province, China, was recently excavated, from which stone tools including handaxes were unearthed. The deposits of the site are chemically weathered, which makes it difficult to date the site using numerical dating techniques except for optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) method. Here, we used various luminescence procedures including single-aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR), sensitivity-corrected multiple-aliquot regenerative-dose (SMAR) and thermally transferred optically stimulated luminescence (TT-OSL) SAR procedures on fine-grained quartz, and two-step post-infrared infrared stimulated luminescence (pIRIR) and multi-elevated-temperature pIRIR (MET-pIRIR) procedures on fine polymineral fractions. The results show that the fine quartz grains have excellent luminescence properties and the quartz SAR-, SMAR- and TT-OSL ages for the samples agree with each other and in stratigraphical order except for one sample. The fine polymineral fractions exhibited relatively weak pIRIR and MET-pIRIR signals, resulting in difficulty in constructing the dose-response curve for MET-pIRIR signals and the stratigraphically inconsistent pIRIR(100, 275) ages. The seven samples yielded their quartz OSL ages ranging from about 62 ka to 133 ka. The two samples from the cultural layer was dated to 78 to 92 ka using different procedures on fine quartz . However, given the systematically older pIRIR ages obtained with the fine polymineral grains for the two samples, their quartz OSL ages are considered to represent the minimal ages of this layer, and their pIRIR(100, 275) ages of 118 and 110 ka represent the upper age limit, indicating that the site was occupied by hominins during Marine Isotope Stage 5.

The Angus Mammoth: A Decades-Old Scientific Controversy Resolved

2011 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 487-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven R. Holen ◽  
David W. May ◽  
Shannon A. Mahan
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Luminescence Dating ◽  
Scientific Controversy ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
South Central ◽  
The Matrix

The Angus Mammoth site in south-central Nebraska has been controversial since its discovery in 1931 when a fluted artifact was reported to be associated with the mammoth. For nearly 80 years it has not been known if Angus was a paleontological site predating the human occupation of North America as has been asserted by some geologists and paleontologists, or an archaeological site dating to the late Pleistocene as has been advocated by some archaeologists. Geomorphic study and luminescence dating have finally solved the problem after nearly eight decades. Although microwear and technological analyses have determined that the Angus biface is an authentic artifact, TL and IRSL dates have shown that the matrix above the mammoth is much too old for a mammoth/fluted point association to be valid.

Timing of the Nihewan formation and faunas

2008 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenglong Deng ◽  
Rixiang Zhu ◽  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Hong Ao ◽  
Yongxin Pan
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
North China ◽  
Time Range ◽  
Sedimentary Processes ◽  
Geomagnetic Reversal ◽  
Late Pliocene ◽  
Precise Timing ◽  
Nihewan Basin ◽  
Last Glaciation ◽  
Mammalian Faunas

Magnetostratigraphic dating of the fluvio-lacustrine sequence in the Nihewan Basin, North China, has permitted the precise timing of the basin infilling and associated Nihewan mammalian faunas. The combined evidence of new paleomagnetic findings from the Hongya and Huabaogou sections of the eastern Nihewan Basin and previously published magnetochronological data suggests that the Nihewan Formation records the tectono-sedimentary processes of the Plio–Pleistocene Nihewan Basin and that the Nihewan faunas can be placed between the Matuyama–Brunhes geomagnetic reversal and the onset of the Olduvai subchron (0.78–1.95 Ma). The onset and termination of the basin deposition occurred just prior to the Gauss–Matuyama geomagnetic reversal and during the period from the last interglaciation to the late last glaciation, respectively, suggesting that the Nihewan Formation is of Late Pliocene to late Pleistocene age. The Nihewan faunas, comprising a series of mammalian faunas (such as Maliang, Donggutuo, Xiaochangliang, Banshan, Majuangou, Huabaogou, Xiashagou, Danangou and Dongyaozitou), are suggested to span a time range of about 0.8–2.0 Ma. The combination of our new and previously published magnetostratigraphy has significantly refined the chronology of the terrestrial Nihewan Formation and faunas.

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