ESR dating of Pleistocene archaeological localities of the Nihewan Basin, North China – Preliminary results

Liu, Chunru; Yin, Guojun; Gao, Lu; Bahain, Jean‐Jacques; Li, Jianping; Lin, Min; Chen, Shiming

doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2009.05.006

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“…La elección de la función de ajuste es crucial para el cálculo de la dosis equivalente de estas muestras (Duval et al 2009). En el caso del cuarzo, la utilizada normal (o exclusivamente) en la bibliografía es una función SSE (por ejemplo Rink et al 2007;Liu et al 2010;Voinchet et al 2010). Sin embargo, su uso en las muestras de Vallparadís plantea algunas dificultades: (1) apenas se ajusta a los datos experimentales, algo especialmente evidente en las dosis de radiación bajas (véanse ampliaciones en la Fig.…”

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Datación por <i>ESR</i> del yacimiento arqueológico del Pleistoceno inferior de Vallparadís (Terrassa, Cataluña, España)

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Excavated between 2005 and 2007, the site of Vallparadís (Terrassa, Spain) has given an abundant and diversified fauna associated with a rich Mode 1 industry. In order to complete the chronostratigraphic framework, we performed ESR and combined US-ESR dating applied to quartz grains extracted from sediments and fossil teeth, respectively. The results obtained are very significant, giving a weighted mean ESR age of 0.83 ± 0.13 Ma (2σ) for the reference archaeological level of the site (level 10) and another of 0.79 ± 0.23 Ma (2σ) for the archaeological level 12 of the Vallparadís sequence. These ESR results are in total agreement with the ones derived from biochronology and paleomagnetism. This whole dataset allows the elaboration of a reliable and consistent chronostratigraphic framework which chronologically places Vallparadís site in the late Early Pleistocene period, i.e. within a time range comprised between Jaramillo and Brunhes geomagnetic events. Consequently, as well as Gran Dolina-TD6 and Sima del Elefante- TE9 sites, in Atapuerca, Burgos, Vallparadís can be therefore considered as a key site for the study of early hominid settlements in Europe.

Excavado entre 2005 y 2007, el yacimiento de Vallparadís (Terrassa, España) ha aportado una fauna rica y diversa en asociación con un importante conjunto lítico de Modo 1. Con el objetivo de completar el marco cronoestratigráfico, se hicieron dataciones por los métodos de Resonancia Paramagnética Electrónica (Electron Spin Resonance, ESR) y ESR combinada con uranio-torio sobre algunas muestras de granos de cuarzo extraídos de sedimentos y dientes fósiles, respectivamente. Los resultados obtenidos son muy significativos, ofreciendo edades ESR promedias de 0,83 ± 0,13 Ma (2σ) para el nivel arqueológico de referencia del yacimiento (nivel 10) y de 0,79 ± 0,23 Ma (2σ) para el nivel arqueológico 12 de la secuencia de Vallparadís. Dichos resultados por ESR concuerdan con los obtenidos a partir de la biocronología y del paleomagnetismo. El yacimiento de Vallparadís dispone ahora de un marco cronoestratigráfico fiable y coherente, que permite situarlo cronológicamente a finales del Pleistoceno inferior, dentro de un rango temporal comprendido entre los eventos geomagnéticos de Jaramillo y Brunhes. Dicho yacimiento junto a los de Gran Dolina TD-6 y Sima del Elefante TE-9, en Atapuerca, Burgos, se posiciona como un yacimiento clave para el estudio de los primeros poblamientos humanos de Europa

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Datación por <i>ESR</i> del yacimiento arqueológico del Pleistoceno inferior de Vallparadís (Terrassa, Cataluña, España)

Duval¹,

Moreno²,

Shao³

et al. 2011

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“…et al, 2004Deng et al, 2008) and permits to date the geological and archaeological levels, furnishing hence an independent geochronological control to check the reliability of dating methods, such as ESR dating of bleached quartz. A previous ESR dating study in this region indicated that the age of fluvial sediment younger than 780 ka can be determined using the quartz Ti-Li centre ESR signal (Liu et al, 2010). It is worth testing the ESR dating method for the sediments being older than 780 ka.…”

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“…The 105-200 μm grain size fractions were separated by sieving and pure quartz was obtained through chemical separation techniques detailed by Liu et al (2010). After rising with distilled water and drying, the quality of the mineral separation was checked under a microscope.…”

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“…The age of the Palaeolithic sites in mainland East Asia has long been controversial due to the absence of suitable material for accurate isotopic dating. Since the pioneering paleomagnetic work of Zhu et al (2001) on the dating of the famous Xiaochangliang Palaeolithic site, considerable progress has been made during the past decade towards paleomagnetism applied on the Palaeolithic sites in this basin (Zhu et al, 2001(Zhu et al, , 2003(Zhu et al, , 2004Wang et al, 2004;Wang et al, 2005;Deng et al, 2006Deng et al, , 2007Li et al, 2008;Liu et al, 2010).…”

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“…Recently, many successful applications of ESR dating for fluvial sediments were carried out (e.g. Voinchet et al, 2004Voinchet et al, , 2010Tissoux et al, 2007;Liu et al, 2010;Moreno et al, 2012), thus offering a good opportunity to date early and middle Pleistocene sediments including early human sites.…”

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Abstract:The fluvio-lacustrine sequences in the Nihewan Basin, northern China, provide important terrestrial archives about Palaeolithic settlements and, therefore, about early human occupation in high northern latitude in East Asia. Here we present detailed ESR dating of the Donggutuo Palaeolithic site, located in this basin. Four levels A, B, C and E of the Donggutuo archaeological layer yield ESR ages ranging from 1060±129 ka to 1171±132 ka with a mean of 1119±132 ka. The ages are consistent with the paleomagnetic data, which show that the Donggutuo Palaeolithic site lies just below the onset of the Jaramillo normal subchron (0.99-1.07 Ma). Furthermore, our results indicate that the reliable ESR dating range of bleached quartz using Ti-Li centre can be effectively extended to 1100 ka and the Ti-Li centre was zeroed before the last deposition, which requires improvement of the understanding of the bleaching mechanism conditions.

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ESR dating of Pleistocene archaeological localities of the Nihewan Basin, North China – Preliminary results

Cited by 48 publications

References 21 publications

Datación por <i>ESR</i> del yacimiento arqueológico del Pleistoceno inferior de Vallparadís (Terrassa, Cataluña, España)

Datación por <i>ESR</i> del yacimiento arqueológico del Pleistoceno inferior de Vallparadís (Terrassa, Cataluña, España)

ESR dating of the Donggutuo Palaeolithic site in the Nihewan Basin, northern China

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