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Luminescence Dating and Dose Estimation of Pottery from Egyptian Archaeological Sites |
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PP: 81-90 |
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Author(s) |
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I. El-Mesady,
R. Bergmann,
A. Brania,
Y. S. Rammah,
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Abstract |
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| In the course of thermoluminescence (TL) dating of ancient Egyptian pottery, two pottery sherds were collected from Saqqara, Giza zone (Egypt). The common fine-grain technique was used in the preparation. Quartz (Qz), plagioclase (Plg) and k-feldspars were observed in the samples through the X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) spectra and thin section investigation. The annual dose for each sample was measured, in which an alpha counter was used for uranium and thorium contribution and low-level γ-spectrometer for the potassium contents. Alpha count rates for these samples are found to be 5.12 and 5.14 counts/ksec, in the same order, potassium contents were evaluated and found to be 1.68 and 1.97%. TL ages of sample with low and that with high K concentration are 2542±198 and 1686±194 years respectively, which are verified by historical knowledge. The results were found to be in good agreement with that estimated by archaeologists. |
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