A critical review of the dating evidence for Petralona cave |
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| Authors: | AG Wintle JA Jacobs |
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| Institution: | 1. The Godwin Laboratory, Sub-department of Quaternary Research, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB2 3RS, England;2. Bullard Laboratories, Department of Earth Sciences, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0EZ, England |
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| Abstract: | An early hominid skull found in Petralona Cave in Greece has been widely quoted by the archaeologist now excavating the cave as being about 700,000 years old. A recent volume of the journal Anthropos (Athens) carried several papers dealing with uranium series, thermoluminescence, ESR and palaeomagnetic studies on material from Petralona. Careful reading of these papers shows that there are problems with all these methods when applied to material from this site and that it is not possible at present to give an age for deposits in the cave. In this paper we discuss each technique in the light of current knowledge. |
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| Keywords: | Greece Petralona Hominid Dating Uranium series Thermoluminescence Electron spin resonance Palaeomagnetism |
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