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DOI | 10.1016/j.jas.2015.09.005 |
Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and spatial analysis of geometric lines in the Northern Arabian Desert | |
Athanassas, C. D.1; Rollefson, G. O.2; Kadereit, A.3; Kennedy, D.4; Theodorakopoulou, K.5; Rowan, Y. M.6; Wasse, A.7 | |
通讯作者 | Athanassas, C. D. |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
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ISSN | 0305-4403 |
EISSN | 1095-9238 |
出版年 | 2015 |
卷号 | 64页码:1-11 |
英文摘要 | In this paper we generate chronological constraints through optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating on extensive prehistoric stone structures that stretch out in the Arabian Desert and appear as geometric lines, known as the "Works of the Old Men". Two major types of the "Works" that are common throughout the Arabian Desert are the "wheels" and the more intensively investigated "desert kites". Here, OSL dating was applied to "wheels" in the Wadi Wisad area, in the eastern badia of Jordan. OSL dating generated ages that fall into the Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age periods. This chronological spectrum is consistent with the well-documented prehistoric activities at the archaeological. site of Wisad Pools, also located in the Wadi Wisad area. Spatial analyses of the "Works" in Wadi Wisad and in the Azraq Oasis revealed that: 1) the wheels are organized in clusters, 2) the spatial distribution of the wheels is predetermined by the kites, 3) the kites were most probably created earlier than the wheels in the study areas and 4) a cluster of wheels nearby the Azraq Oasis tentatively demonstrates ranking and, perhaps, tendency for alignment, although this is not the case for the other wheel-clusters studied. Despite the progress toward understanding the chronological and spatial aspects of the wheels, a great deal of research remains to resolve the actual nature of these enigmatic stone structures. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Stone structures Neolithic Jordan Wheels OSL Quartz Pattern analysis |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | France ; USA ; Germany ; Australia ; Greece ; England |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI ; AHCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000366765700001 |
WOS关键词 | MULTIPLE GRAINS ; SINGLE ; QUARTZ ; CHRONOLOGY ; KITES |
WOS类目 | Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Geology |
来源机构 | French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development ; University of Western Australia |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/188267 |
作者单位 | 1.Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CEREGE, UMR 6635, F-135454 Aix En Provence 4, France; 2.Dept Anthropol, Whitman Coll, Walla Walla, WA 99362 USA; 3.Heidelberg Univ, Inst Geog, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany; 4.Univ Western Australia, Dept Class & Ancient Hist, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; 5.Univ Athens, Fac Geol & Geoenvironm, Athens 15784, Greece; 6.Univ Chicago, Oriental Inst, Chicago, IL 60637 USA; 7.Univ E Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Athanassas, C. D.,Rollefson, G. O.,Kadereit, A.,et al. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and spatial analysis of geometric lines in the Northern Arabian Desert[J]. French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, University of Western Australia,2015,64:1-11. |
APA | Athanassas, C. D..,Rollefson, G. O..,Kadereit, A..,Kennedy, D..,Theodorakopoulou, K..,...&Wasse, A..(2015).Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and spatial analysis of geometric lines in the Northern Arabian Desert.JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE,64,1-11. |
MLA | Athanassas, C. D.,et al."Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and spatial analysis of geometric lines in the Northern Arabian Desert".JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE 64(2015):1-11. |
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