Potential geoarchaeological sites for luminescence dating in the Ganga Bhagirathi-Hugli delta, west Bengal, India

Geochronometria

Malay K. Sain¹  Kaushik Gangopadhyay²  Bhaskar C. Deotare³  Sharad N. Rajaguru³  Sheena Panja⁴ 

[1] Training Eastern India;Centre for Archaeological Studies &Deccan College;Dept. of AIHC and A, Visva Bharati

关键词: Alluvial archaeology;    OSL dating;    buried sites;    delta;   

DOI  :  10.2478/s13386-011-0041-6

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Politechnika Slaska * Instytut Fizyki

【 摘 要 】

Archaeological studies in the upper and lower part of the Ganga-Bhaghrathi-Hugli delta were taken up to understand the nature of site formation and human adaptation in a dynamic fluvial zone. This aspect has been neglected in Indian archaeology. However archaeological dating using typological information, has an error margin of a couple of centuries and hence, is of limited use. We suggest that high resolution chronology using Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) and radiocarbon dating can be quite effective in the study of archaeology and human environment relationship in the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta (GBD).

【 授权许可】

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