François Thil
Biographic Data
| ID | 4131853 |
|---|---|
| NAME | François Thil |
| GIVEN NAMES | François |
| FAMILY NAME | Thil |
| SIGNATURE | THIL F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1421-5742 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Annual radiocarbon variability in southern South America recorded by Fitzroya cupressoides , AD 970–1084
Annually resolved radiocarbon ( 14 C) records from tree rings provide a high-resolution archive for investigating short-term atmospheric 14 C variations driven by solar and cosmic activity, as well as terrestrial processes, including geomagnetic modulation, stratosphere–troposphere exchange, ocean–atmosphere interactions, and tree physiological traits. While extensive data are available for the Northern Hemisphere, comparable high-resolution reco…
Radiocarbon Dating on Echo Micadas, Lsce, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
The Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE) has operated a radiocarbon dating laboratory for almost 70 years. It has evolved from a traditional ß-decay counting to an accelerator mass spectrometry facility. In 2015, the LSCE received a major upgrade with the installation of a MICADAS. This evolution required adjustments in sample preparation to match the new capability to date samples as small as a few tens of μgC. We summ…
C Microsample Analysis With Echomicadas Facilities
In 2015, a new accelerator mass spectrometry facility (AMS), the ECHoMICADAS (Environnement, Climat, Homme, MIni CArbon DAting System), was installed in the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE). Equipped with a hybrid source, it allows the analysis of solid or gas samples for 14 C measurement. Here, we summarize the equipment surrounding the Gas Interface System (GIS), namely the elemental analyzer (EA), the carbonate h…
Testing the Use of Xad Resin to Remove Synthetic Contamination From Archaeological Bone Prior to Radiocarbon Dating
Museum collections are extremely valuable sources of material for ongoing research, although the conservation history of some objects is not always recorded, which can be problematic for chemical analyses. While most contamination is removed using the acid-base-acid treatment, this may not be the case for cross-linked contamination. The XAD resin protocol was implemented at the radiocarbon ( 14 C) laboratory in the Muséum national d’Histoire natu…
U-series dating at Nerja cave reveal open system. Questioning the Neanderthal origin of Spanish rock art
Radiocarbon Dating of Legacy Music Instrument Collections
Although radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating is commonly used for archeological music instruments, little research has been conducted on modern instruments (16th–19th centuries). New technology, based on the Mini Carbon Dating System (MICADAS), enables some of the recurring challenges (e.g. sampling size) to be circumvented and paves the way for a new field of investigation. We here address the Indian instrumentarium, about which very little is known. We …
Cross-Dating (Th/U- 14 C) of Calcite Covering Prehistoric Paintings at Serra da Capivara National Park, Piaui, Brazil
The question of when the first humans arrived in the New World has been a bone of contention for several decades. Similarly, the age of rock paintings has been heatedly debated. Settlements in the Serra da Capivara National Park have been dated to between 5 kyr and >50 kyr, which is far older than the Clovis barrier. Moreover, calcite formation on a rock-wall painting in a rockshelter yielded thermoluminescence (TL) and electron paramagnetic reso…
U-series dating at Nerja cave reveal open system. Questioning the Neanderthal origin of Spanish rock art
Cross-Dating (Th/U- 14 C) of Calcite Covering Prehistoric Paintings at Serra da Capivara National Park, Piaui, Brazil
The question of when the first humans arrived in the New World has been a bone of contention for several decades. Similarly, the age of rock paintings has been heatedly debated. Settlements in the Serra da Capivara National Park have been dated to between 5 kyr and >50 kyr, which is far older than the Clovis barrier. Moreover, calcite formation on a rock-wall painting in a rockshelter yielded thermoluminescence (TL) and electron paramagnetic reso…
Radiocarbon Dating on Echo Micadas, Lsce, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
The Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE) has operated a radiocarbon dating laboratory for almost 70 years. It has evolved from a traditional ß-decay counting to an accelerator mass spectrometry facility. In 2015, the LSCE received a major upgrade with the installation of a MICADAS. This evolution required adjustments in sample preparation to match the new capability to date samples as small as a few tens of μgC. We summ…
Cross-Dating (Th/U- 14 C) of Calcite Covering Prehistoric Paintings at Serra da Capivara National Park, Piaui, Brazil
The question of when the first humans arrived in the New World has been a bone of contention for several decades. Similarly, the age of rock paintings has been heatedly debated. Settlements in the Serra da Capivara National Park have been dated to between 5 kyr and >50 kyr, which is far older than the Clovis barrier. Moreover, calcite formation on a rock-wall painting in a rockshelter yielded thermoluminescence (TL) and electron paramagnetic reso…
Radiocarbon Dating of Legacy Music Instrument Collections
Although radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating is commonly used for archeological music instruments, little research has been conducted on modern instruments (16th–19th centuries). New technology, based on the Mini Carbon Dating System (MICADAS), enables some of the recurring challenges (e.g. sampling size) to be circumvented and paves the way for a new field of investigation. We here address the Indian instrumentarium, about which very little is known. We …
U-series dating at Nerja cave reveal open system. Questioning the Neanderthal origin of Spanish rock art
Testing the Use of Xad Resin to Remove Synthetic Contamination From Archaeological Bone Prior to Radiocarbon Dating
Museum collections are extremely valuable sources of material for ongoing research, although the conservation history of some objects is not always recorded, which can be problematic for chemical analyses. While most contamination is removed using the acid-base-acid treatment, this may not be the case for cross-linked contamination. The XAD resin protocol was implemented at the radiocarbon ( 14 C) laboratory in the Muséum national d’Histoire natu…
Radiocarbon Dating on Echo Micadas, Lsce, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
The Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE) has operated a radiocarbon dating laboratory for almost 70 years. It has evolved from a traditional ß-decay counting to an accelerator mass spectrometry facility. In 2015, the LSCE received a major upgrade with the installation of a MICADAS. This evolution required adjustments in sample preparation to match the new capability to date samples as small as a few tens of μgC. We summ…
C Microsample Analysis With Echomicadas Facilities
In 2015, a new accelerator mass spectrometry facility (AMS), the ECHoMICADAS (Environnement, Climat, Homme, MIni CArbon DAting System), was installed in the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE). Equipped with a hybrid source, it allows the analysis of solid or gas samples for 14 C measurement. Here, we summarize the equipment surrounding the Gas Interface System (GIS), namely the elemental analyzer (EA), the carbonate h…
Annual radiocarbon variability in southern South America recorded by Fitzroya cupressoides , AD 970–1084
Annually resolved radiocarbon ( 14 C) records from tree rings provide a high-resolution archive for investigating short-term atmospheric 14 C variations driven by solar and cosmic activity, as well as terrestrial processes, including geomagnetic modulation, stratosphere–troposphere exchange, ocean–atmosphere interactions, and tree physiological traits. While extensive data are available for the Northern Hemisphere, comparable high-resolution reco…
Archaeology (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Radiocarbon dating (6 works) · Geography (4 works) · Geology (4 works) · Chemistry (3 works) · Accelerator mass spectrometry (2 works) · Cave (2 works) · Environmental Science (2 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (2 works)