Comments on: 82,000 Year Old Jewelry Found http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/ Beyond bones & stones Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:33:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tim Jones http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/#comment-7272 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:37:13 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/#comment-7272 Hi Brent, as far as I know there is as yet no museum in which the artifacts or remains are on display, and I think that work at the grotto will continue, so I doubt it will be open just yet to the public – I wrote a quick note to Prof. Nick Barton at Oxford, and if I hear anything back, I’ll let you know.

]]> By: Brent Burton http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/#comment-7255 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:41:03 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/#comment-7255 4 Questions
1-Is it possible to view these beads &/or human remains in a museum?
2. If so, where?
3. Is it possible to visit the Grotto?
Are there any other important archeological sites open to a respectful public, especially a History Teacher and aspiring novelist?

]]> By: More On Discovery Of The Oldest Adornments In The World « Anthropology.net http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/#comment-602 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:39:33 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/#comment-602 [...] Of The Oldest Adornments In The World Jump to Comments Previously on Anthropology.net, we saw the news from Morocco regarding the discovery of ochre-stained beads fashioned from 13 pierced shells of [...]

]]> By: timaeolithic http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/#comment-218 Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:43:45 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/#comment-218 Kron – thanks for the clarification on the dating techniques.

]]> By: Kron http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/#comment-185 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:30:02 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/#comment-185 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) is an accurate form of radiocarbon dating, applied to organics (in this case, charcoal) younger (higher up in the sequence of layers) than the shells (nevertheless helping to demonstrate that the sequence has not been mixed or jumbled). The Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) technique dates the time since sand grains in the sediments enclosing the various archaeological levels were last ‘excited’ by sunlight. The Thermoluminescence (TL) technique dates the time since certain stone artefacts were heated/burnt. The Uranium-Series (U-series) technique dates the time since stalagmite was formed (in this case, in layers just below, older than, the shells). All these techniques rely upon the slow and accurately predictable decay of different radioactive elements, naturally present in very small quantities in nearly all sediments, and/or the equally predictable build-up of the decay products.

]]> By: timaeolithic http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/#comment-169 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:55:32 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/#comment-169 If you check this url, http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/efched/results/barton.asp

3 paras below the image of the cave is this quote:

“One of the key sites is Grotte de Pigeons at Taforalt, near the border with Algeria. Our excavations and sampling of this cave have produced over 40 AMS radiocarbon determinations, OSL, TL and U-series dates from cultural and other horizons spanning the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic.”

Hope that helps.

]]> By: Rich http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/#comment-168 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:45:52 +0000 http://anthropology.net/2007/06/04/82000-year-old-jewellery-found/#comment-168 And the age of 82,000 years was arrived at how? Carbon dating, layer of earth, or…????
Thanks

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