Luminescence dating

Aitken, M. J. (1998), An Introduction to Optical Dating The Dating of Quaternary Sediments by the Use of Photon-Stimulated Luminescence, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, UK. Aitken, M. J. (1997), Luminescence dating, in Taylor, R. E. and M. J. Aitken (eds.), Chronometric Dating in Archaeology, Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science Series, Vol. 2, Plenum, New York. 

Singhvi, A.K. Wintle, A.G. (1999) Luminescence dating of aeolian and coastal sand and silt deposits applications and implications. In Goudie, A.S., Livingstone, I. Stokes, S. (Eds) Aeolian Environments, Sediments and Landforms. Chichester John Wiley Sons, pp. 293-317. 

Krbetschek, M.R., Gotze, J., Dietrich, A., and Trautmann, T. (1998) Spectral information from minerals relevant for luminescence dating. Radiat. Meas., 27, 695 -748. 

AD 1) Amo Domino. 2) The accumulated dose (used in ESR and luminescent dating methods). 

Bulk geochemical analysis Any analytical protocol used for ESR or luminescent dating that involves determining the concentrations for the important radioactive elements using geochemical techniques, such as NAA, XRF, etc. 

There are two forms of luminescence dating of importance to archaeology thermoluminescence (TL)... 

Historically, one of the first known references on luminescence dates from the Chinese literature of the years 1500-1000 bc, where the phenomenon of light coming out from different types of glowworms is described. However, it appears that the first reported observation of photoluminescence can be traced back to the sixteenth century when a Spanish physician and botanist, Nicolas Monardes, reported a blue tint that appeared in the water contained in cups of a special type of wood. Edmond Becquerel (1820-91) was, during the nineteenth century, the most important researcher on phosphorescence phenomenon he not only obtained the excitation and emission spectra from different phosphors, but also performed many different fundamental studies including the effect of temperature or the measurement of the emission time of the phosphorescence phenomenon and established a exponential law to explain the decay of the phosphorescence emission. For such purposes he built in 1858 the first phosphoroscope that was able to measure lifetimes as short as 10 . ... 

Wintle AG (1997) Luminescence dating laboratory procedures and protocols. Radiat Meas 27(5/6) 769-817... 

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