Luminescence dating of a coastal Stone Age dwelling place in Northern Finland

TL and OSL methods were used in order to date an archaeologically interesting site, the Giants’ church in Kastelli, Northern Finland. The TL method was used for burnt stones collected from heaps of fire-cracked stones. At least some of the collected stones were heated properly during the times the h...

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Published in:Quaternary science reviews 2003-05, Vol.22 (10), p.1287-1290
Main Authors: Eskola, K.O, Okkonen, J, Jungner, H
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:TL and OSL methods were used in order to date an archaeologically interesting site, the Giants’ church in Kastelli, Northern Finland. The TL method was used for burnt stones collected from heaps of fire-cracked stones. At least some of the collected stones were heated properly during the times the heaps were used and that made TL dating possible. OSL measurements were made on a coastal sand layer continuing partly under the heaps. This sand layer is expected to have been formed during the same time period as the heaps were used. The results are in good agreement with radiocarbon dates on charcoal from the site and with archaeological and shoreline displacement chronology. All the results for the Kastelli site point to an age in the middle of the third millennium BC.
ISSN:0277-3791
1873-457X
DOI:10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00077-5