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Randall White

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Micro-PIXE/PIGE analysis of Palaeolithic mammoth ivory: Potential chemical markers of provenance and relative dating

2014

Abstract Micro-Proton Induced X-ray and Gamma-ray Emission (micro-PIXE/PIGE) provide non-destructive methods for the evaluation of the major, minor and trace element compositions of archaeological material. The current study applies micro-PIXE/PIGE analysis to mammoth ivory artefacts from four Palaeolithic sites (Abri Castanet, Vogelherd Cave, Grottes de la Verpilliere I and II) in France and Germany in order to assess the effectiveness of this approach to material older than 30,000 y BP. It has thus far not been established whether such methods of analysis can yield results of scientific and archaeological interest on ivory material that has undergone such extended periods of diagenesis. T…

010506 paleontologyProvenanceMicro pixe[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and PrehistoryMineralogyOceanography01 natural sciencesChemical markerCaveArchéologieEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS0105 earth and related environmental sciencesEarth-Surface ProcessesMammothgeographygeography.geographical_feature_category[SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistorybiology010401 analytical chemistryTrace elementPaleontologybiology.organism_classificationArchaeology0104 chemical sciencesDiagenesis[ SHS.ARCHEO ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and PrehistoryRelative datingGeology
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Estimating the age and season-at-death of ungulates from the analysis of archaeological dental cementum: Recent improvements and perspectives from th…

2018

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CemeNTAA[SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and PrehistoryanalysisdentalRecentEstimatingseason-at-deatharchaeologicalfromprojectimprovementsperspectivesungulatesComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUScementum
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L’histoire de La Balutie, un gisement oublié, voisin de Lascaux et de Regourdou

2023

Cette contribution a pour objet de retranscrire l’histoire du site paléolithique de La Balutie (Montignac-Lascaux, Dordogne, France). L’histoire de ce site très tôt oublié, n’est ni sensationnelle, ni exceptionnelle, mais s’avère retranscrire l’atmosphère caractérisant les débuts des explorations des gisements préhistoriques de Dordogne. On y retrouve de grands noms de la Préhistoire de Dordogne qui n’ont légué que peu d’écrits sur le site, du mobilier trié (surtout lithique) du Paléolithique moyen et supérieur qui a alimenté de nombreuses collections privées avant d’être dispersé au sein de diverses institutions, et un contexte local compliqué et agrémenté de conflits. Notre connaissance d…

Paléolithique supérieur[SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistoryupper Paleolithiccolline de Lascauxmiddle PaleolithicPléistocène supérieurPaléolithique moyenhistoire des sciencesMoustérienLate PleistoceneMousteriancollectionsLascaux hillhistory of sciences
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