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• Liritzis, Ioannis
• Vafiadou, Asimina
• Ζαχαριάς, Νικόλαος
• Polymeris, G., S.
• Bednarik, Robert G.

In the present study, an attempt is being made to date samples from three archaeological sites in the Mediterranean using surface luminescence dating techniques. The methods are well established and this study is an effort to apply it to monuments that have not being dated with these methods before. Megalithic structures are eligible for absolute dating using OSL approaches in routine-based procedures. The structures that were chosen for dating are Osirion and Seti A’ Temples in Abydos, Egypt, and a precipitate from a Saudi Arabian rock art site. OSL ages obtained for the Saudi Arabia monument refer to geological episodes that ascribe at the Middle Bronze Age (middle 2nd mill. BC) while for the two Egyptian monuments, the results report for ages during the Middle Kingdom Age and of a younger date, spanning from the beginning till the end of 2nd mill. BC indicating original or later architectural phases.

• History and Archaeology
• Physical sciences

• Αρχαιομετρία

optically stimulated luminescence, surface luminescence dating, Mediterranean, sandstone, megalithic monument

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