Title :

Chronology of the Upper Pleistocene loess sequence of Havrincourt (France) and associated Palaeolithic occupations: a Bayesian approach from pedostratigraphy, OSL, radiocarbon, TL and ESR/U-series data

Author(s) :

Guérin, Gilles [Auteur]
Géochrononologie Traceurs Archéométrie [GEOTRAC]
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Antoine, Pierre [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche en Sciences Cognitives et Affectives [URECA]
Schmidt, Esther [Auteur]
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Goval, Emilie [Auteur]
Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique [HNHP]
Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives [Inrap]
Hérisson, David [Auteur]
Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique [HNHP]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Jamet, Guillaume [Auteur]
GeoArchEon SARL
Reyss, Jean-Louis [Auteur]
Océan et Interfaces [OCEANIS]
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] [LSCE]
Shao, Qingfeng [Auteur]
Nanjing Normal University [NNU]
Philippe, Anne [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Mathématiques Jean Leray [LMJL]
ANJA [ANJA]
Vibet, Marie-Anne [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Mathématiques Jean Leray [LMJL]
Bahain, Jean-Jacques [Auteur]
Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique [HNHP]

Journal title :

Quaternary Geochronology

Pages :

15-30

Publisher :

Elsevier

Publication date :

2017

ISSN :

1871-1014

English keyword(s) :

Palaeosols
Loess
Northern France
Weichselian
Middle and Upper Palaeolithic
Periglacial processes
Quartz
ESR/U-series dating
SAR
Optical dating

HAL domain(s) :

Planète et Univers [physics]/Océan, Atmosphère
Planète et Univers [physics]/Interfaces continentales, environnement

English abstract : [en]

In connection with the future Seine-North Europe Canal (Seine-Scheldt), a large-scale rescue archaeological survey was conducted at Havrincourt (northern France) between 2008 and 2011. The discovery of several levels of ...
Show more >In connection with the future Seine-North Europe Canal (Seine-Scheldt), a large-scale rescue archaeological survey was conducted at Havrincourt (northern France) between 2008 and 2011. The discovery of several levels of Palaeolithic flint artefacts embedded in a relatively thick loess sequence (ca 6–7 m) preserved on a gentle slope facing North-East, resulted in a 6000 m2 excavation. This opened the opportunity for a detailed pedosedimentary and interdisciplinary geochronological survey (14C, optically stimulated luminescence, thermoluminescence, ESR/U-series) that has allowed us date the sequence reliably. On the basis of these results we propose this sequence as a new pedostratigraphic and archaeological reference sequence for northern France. We present here the optical dating of the sequence performed on fine (4–11 μm) quartz grains extracted from 17 samples. The luminescence characteristics of these extracts indicate that the single-aliquot regenerative dose optically stimulated luminescence (SAR-OSL) procedure that was applied is well suited. A consistent set of optical ages was obtained for the loess deposited up to around 70 ka ago. Independent age control (pedostratigraphy, 14C, ESR/U-series dates) allowed us to apply a Bayesian approach to build a chronometric model. This in turn enabled a regional chronostratigraphic framework to be built, to constrain the correlations with neighboring regions (northern France and Belgium) and to calculate a precise age for the four Palaeolithic levels discovered, including a unique occupation related to the early Upper Palaeolithic which was previously unknown in the area.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

ANR Project :

Centre de Mathématiques Henri Lebesgue : fondements, interactions, applications et Formation

Collections :

• Histoire Archéologie Littératures des Mondes Anciens (HALMA) - UMR 8164

Source :

Harvested from HAL