Uranium Variations in a Dated Fossil Bone Series From Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8352017
AutoresM G SEITZ (Carnegie Institution for Science), R E Taylor (0000-0001-5299-8296, University of California, Riverside)
Año1974
Volumen16
Número2
Páginas129-135
Fecha de publicación1974-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeometry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-813X • E-ISSN: 1475-4754
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1475-4754.1974.tb00101.x
OpenAlexW2000995846
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas14

S Of twelve elements analyzed in a series of bovid teeth from the Olduvai Gorge, uranium is the only element which varies appreciably with the ages of the samples. Uranium concentrations increase at first, then decrease with increasing age, and therefore cannot be used by themselves to obtain absolute or even relative ages of the samples. A model accounting for the behaviour of uranium is proposed in which uranium is absorbed in the samples during the decay of organic material and is lost after this decay ceases. If one accounts for uranium losses, the concentrations of uranium and its decay products may be used to accurately date skeletal material from the Olduvai gorge

Absolute dating · Archaeology · Geochemistry · Geography · Metallurgy · Mineralogy · Olduvai Gorge · Quaternary · Uranium · Uranium ore · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Geology · Materials Science · Paleontology · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology