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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
OSL dating of quaternary deposits associated with the parietal art of the Tassili-n-Ajjer plateau (Central Sahara)
Quaternary Geochronology, Volume 10, Year 2012
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The Tassili-n-Ajjer plateau is famous for its tens of thousands of pictographs discovered in the mid-XX th century. Despite extensive studies aimed at preserving this art inscribed on the World Heritage List, the antiquity of these paintings remains hotly debated. Because recent attempts at dating with radiocarbon failed to provide reliable results, an OSL dating study focused on Quaternary deposits preserved at the feet of painted walls and which can be connected to them was undertaken. Thirteen sediment samples were collected from below and above the palaeosol where the painters might have lived. The OSL results indicate that the paintings are younger than ∼9-10 ka, but unfortunately they do not allow us to narrow the time interval during which they were made. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.
Authors & Co-Authors
Mercier, N.
France, Bordeaux
Université de Bordeaux
Le Quellec, Jean Loïc
France, Aubervilliers
Institut Des Mondes Africains Imaf
Hachid, Malika
Algeria, Algiers
Centre National de Recherches Préhistoriques, Anthropologiques et Historiques
Agsous, Safia
France, Paris
Institut de Paléontologie Humaine
Grenet, Michel
France, Toulouse
Travaux et Recherches Archéologiques Sur Les Cultures, Les Espaces et Les Sociétés
Statistics
Citations: 17
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.quageo.2011.11.010
ISSN:
18711014