Kristina J Thomsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3585324 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristina J Thomsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristina J |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomsen |
| SIGNATURE | THOMSEN K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Technical University of Denmark |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4883-1220 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 210 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
History of luminescence dating from an instrumentation perspective
Luminescence dating has developed over the last ∼60 years as a powerful technique for placing environmental and anthropogenic change into a secure temporal framework. However, over time, many have forgotten, or were never introduced to, the history of how of the method developed, particularly the role of unique instruments built in-house that enabled key methodological advances. In this paper we provide a concise history of the technique’s evolut…
The place beyond the trees: Renewed excavations of the Middle Stone Age deposits at Olieboomspoort in the Waterberg Mountains of the South African Savanna Biome
Olieboomspoort is one of the few rock shelters in the vast interior of southern Africa documenting pulses of occupation from the Acheulean until the end of the Later Stone Age. Revil Mason excavated the site in 1954 and attributed the large Middle Stone Age (MSA) lithic assemblage to his middle phase of the so-called Pietersburg Industry. Recent work at the site has focused on the Holocene layers, but little is known about the earlier phases of s…
Timing of the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition in the Iberian inland (Cardina-Salto do Boi, Côa Valley, Portugal)
The timing of the Neanderthal-associated Middle Palaeolithic demise and a possible overlap with anatomically modern humans (AMH) in some regions of Eurasia continues to be debated. The Iberian Peninsula is considered a possible refuge zone for the last Neanderthals, but the chronology of the later Middle Palaeolithic record has undergone revision and has increased the debate on the timing of Neanderthal extinction. Here we report on a study of th…
Le site préhistorique de la Roche‐Cotard IV (Indre-et-Loire, France): Une séquence du pléistocene moyen et supérieur, référence pour le val de Loire tourangeau
Le site préhistorique de La Roche-Cotard (LRC) se trouve sur le versant de rive droite de la vallée de la Loire, un peu en amont de Langeais, en Indre-et-Loire. Le site a été rendu accessible grâce à un important prélèvement de matériaux en 1846. La grotte principale (LRC I) a été fouillée en 1912 : elle contenait une industrie du Paléolithique moyen et des tracés digitaux y ont été découverts en 1975 et validés en 2008. La reprise des fouilles s…
Dating a near eastern desert hunting trap (kite) using rock surface luminescence dating
The complementarity of luminescence dating methods illustrated on the Mousterian sequence of the Roc de Marsal: A series of reindeer-dominated, Quina Mousterian layers dated to MIS 3
A multi-method luminescence dating of the Palaeolithic sequence of La Ferrassie based on new excavations adjacent to the La Ferrassie 1 and 2 skeletons
Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic site formation processes at the Bordes-Fitte rockshelter (Central France)
How confident are we in the chronology of the transition between Howieson's Poort and Still Bay
A robust feldspar luminescence dating method for Middle and Late P leistocene sediments
Luminescence dating is used extensively to provide absolute chronologies for Late P leistocene sediments. Nowadays, most optical dates are based on quartz optically stimulated luminescence ( OSL ). However, the application of this signal is usually limited to the last ∼100 ka because of saturation of the quartz luminescence signal with dose. In contrast, the feldspar infrared stimulated luminescence ( IRSL ) dose–response curve grows to much high…
Multi-method (TL and OSL), multi-material (quartz and flint) dating of the Mousterian site of Roc de Marsal (Dordogne, France): Correlating Neanderthal occupations with the climatic variability of MIS…
Testing the potential of an elevated temperature IRSL signal from K-feldspar
Laboratory fading rates of various luminescence signals from feldspar-rich sediment extracts
How confident are we in the chronology of the transition between Howieson's Poort and Still Bay
Multi-method (TL and OSL), multi-material (quartz and flint) dating of the Mousterian site of Roc de Marsal (Dordogne, France): Correlating Neanderthal occupations with the climatic variability of MIS…
A multi-method luminescence dating of the Palaeolithic sequence of La Ferrassie based on new excavations adjacent to the La Ferrassie 1 and 2 skeletons
Dating a near eastern desert hunting trap (kite) using rock surface luminescence dating
The place beyond the trees: Renewed excavations of the Middle Stone Age deposits at Olieboomspoort in the Waterberg Mountains of the South African Savanna Biome
Olieboomspoort is one of the few rock shelters in the vast interior of southern Africa documenting pulses of occupation from the Acheulean until the end of the Later Stone Age. Revil Mason excavated the site in 1954 and attributed the large Middle Stone Age (MSA) lithic assemblage to his middle phase of the so-called Pietersburg Industry. Recent work at the site has focused on the Holocene layers, but little is known about the earlier phases of s…
Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic site formation processes at the Bordes-Fitte rockshelter (Central France)
Laboratory fading rates of various luminescence signals from feldspar-rich sediment extracts
Testing the potential of an elevated temperature IRSL signal from K-feldspar
A robust feldspar luminescence dating method for Middle and Late P leistocene sediments
Luminescence dating is used extensively to provide absolute chronologies for Late P leistocene sediments. Nowadays, most optical dates are based on quartz optically stimulated luminescence ( OSL ). However, the application of this signal is usually limited to the last ∼100 ka because of saturation of the quartz luminescence signal with dose. In contrast, the feldspar infrared stimulated luminescence ( IRSL ) dose–response curve grows to much high…
Multi-method (TL and OSL), multi-material (quartz and flint) dating of the Mousterian site of Roc de Marsal (Dordogne, France): Correlating Neanderthal occupations with the climatic variability of MIS…
How confident are we in the chronology of the transition between Howieson's Poort and Still Bay
Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic site formation processes at the Bordes-Fitte rockshelter (Central France)
A multi-method luminescence dating of the Palaeolithic sequence of La Ferrassie based on new excavations adjacent to the La Ferrassie 1 and 2 skeletons
The complementarity of luminescence dating methods illustrated on the Mousterian sequence of the Roc de Marsal: A series of reindeer-dominated, Quina Mousterian layers dated to MIS 3
Le site préhistorique de la Roche‐Cotard IV (Indre-et-Loire, France): Une séquence du pléistocene moyen et supérieur, référence pour le val de Loire tourangeau
Le site préhistorique de La Roche-Cotard (LRC) se trouve sur le versant de rive droite de la vallée de la Loire, un peu en amont de Langeais, en Indre-et-Loire. Le site a été rendu accessible grâce à un important prélèvement de matériaux en 1846. La grotte principale (LRC I) a été fouillée en 1912 : elle contenait une industrie du Paléolithique moyen et des tracés digitaux y ont été découverts en 1975 et validés en 2008. La reprise des fouilles s…
Dating a near eastern desert hunting trap (kite) using rock surface luminescence dating
Timing of the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition in the Iberian inland (Cardina-Salto do Boi, Côa Valley, Portugal)
The timing of the Neanderthal-associated Middle Palaeolithic demise and a possible overlap with anatomically modern humans (AMH) in some regions of Eurasia continues to be debated. The Iberian Peninsula is considered a possible refuge zone for the last Neanderthals, but the chronology of the later Middle Palaeolithic record has undergone revision and has increased the debate on the timing of Neanderthal extinction. Here we report on a study of th…
The place beyond the trees: Renewed excavations of the Middle Stone Age deposits at Olieboomspoort in the Waterberg Mountains of the South African Savanna Biome
Olieboomspoort is one of the few rock shelters in the vast interior of southern Africa documenting pulses of occupation from the Acheulean until the end of the Later Stone Age. Revil Mason excavated the site in 1954 and attributed the large Middle Stone Age (MSA) lithic assemblage to his middle phase of the so-called Pietersburg Industry. Recent work at the site has focused on the Holocene layers, but little is known about the earlier phases of s…
History of luminescence dating from an instrumentation perspective
Luminescence dating has developed over the last ∼60 years as a powerful technique for placing environmental and anthropogenic change into a secure temporal framework. However, over time, many have forgotten, or were never introduced to, the history of how of the method developed, particularly the role of unique instruments built in-house that enabled key methodological advances. In this paper we provide a concise history of the technique’s evolut…
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Geology (8 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Paleontology (6 works) · Thermoluminescence dating (6 works) · Biology (4 works) · Geology (4 works)