Potential geoarchaeological sites for luminescence dating in the Ganga Bhagirathi-Hugli Delta, west Bengal, India

• Autorzy: Rajaguru S. N. , Deotare B. C. , Gangopadhyay K. , Sain M. K. , Panja S.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Archaeological studies in the upper and lower part of the Ganga-Bhaghrathi-Hugli delta were taken up to understand the nature of site formation and human adaptation in a dynamic fluvial zone. This aspect has been neglected in Indian archaeology. However archaeological dating using ty-pological information, has an error margin of a couple of centuries and hence, is of limited use. We suggest that high resolution chronology using Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) and radio-carbon dating can be quite effective in the study of archaeology and human environment relationship in the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta (GBD).

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Alluvial archaeology; OSL dating; buried sites; delta

• Wydawca: De Gruyter
• Czasopismo: Geochronometria
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 38, no. 3
• Strony: 282--291
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 20 poz., rys., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Rajaguru S. N.

autor

Deotare B. C.

autor

Gangopadhyay K.

autor

Sain M. K.

autor

Panja S.

• Department of Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune 411 006,

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