http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=1993 Publications de Auteurs Nick Debenham fr 0 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=6411 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:59:10 +0100 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:03:39 +0200 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=6411 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=4588 Sur les deux fouilles, quatorze profils stratigraphiques ont fait l’objet d’un relevé systématique permettant la caractérisation de dix‑sept unités sédimentaires principales. Leur analyse a permis la mise en évidence d’une épaisse formation quaternaire, dont l’épaisseur cumulée totale atteint environ 7,50 mètres. Les études multidisciplinaires engagées aboutissent à la mise en évidence d’une nouvelle séquence pédostratigraphique de référence pour le nord de la France, notamment en ce qui concerne le début du Pléniglaciaire inférieur et le Pléniglaciaire moyen. Ainsi complété, le schéma pédostratigraphique et chronoclimatique régional a permis d’établir des corrélations avec les séquences du Dernier Glaciaire en Europe du Nord‑Ouest, principalement la Belgique et l’Allemagne. Les études menées ont également pour conséquence la caractérisation des occupations d’un point de vue environnemental. Ce dernier se révèle typiquement steppique dans la première moitié du Pléniglaciaire moyen, favorable à l’expansion des faunes de grands mammifères et de rongeurs ; plus froid et plus ouvert à l’extrême fin du Pléniglaciaire moyen. Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:35:55 +0200 Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:11:51 +0200 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=4588 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=3531 The aim of this paper is to provide a brief introduction to the thermoluminescence (TL) mechanism and its application to dating of the Palaeolithic. The relevance of TL signal measured in the laboratory to the archaeological event to be dated is discussed, together in general terms with the types of material that are datable. The stability and saturation of the signal and the bearing of these factors on the upper age limit of the method are also considered. The necessity of in situ measurement of radiation levels on any site to be dated is emphasised. The development, limitations and some examples of the application of TL dating to three materials is then discussed in more detail. These materials are burnt flint, stalagmitic calcite and sediment and are those most commonly used for TL dating to the Palaeolithic. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:33:35 +0200 Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:40:45 +0200 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=3531 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=1989 This paper begins with a review of the range of techniques which are available for the absolute dating of sites of Neanderthal age. Descriptions are given of the types of material that are commonly dated, and the circumstances in which it is useful to measure their ages. Some of the difficulties that are faced by dating laboratories are then explained, with consideration of the different types of uncertainties that are inherent in date measurements. It is emphasised that no dating technique is invariably accurate, and that a comparative dating study, involving several methods, is the most reliable means of determining the age of an archaeological event. Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:47:37 +0100 Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:47:45 +0100 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=1989