Thermal activation characteristics and thermoluminescence of chert from the Red Wing, Ontario region, and its putative heat treatment in prehistory
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Résumé
One of the still-outstanding questions in New World archaeology is whether pre- historic toolmakers here heat-treated chert raw material prior to the manufacture of stone tools, as had been demonstrated for a number of cultural loci in the Old World. This question is of particular relevance to our understanding of the technological behaviour of the Early Paleoindian people of the Parkhill complex, which has been dated between 10,400 and 11,300 14 C years ago. To address it, we studied chert samples from in situ geological contexts, from reworked contexts such as glacier-plucked surface scatters or creek gravels, and from a nearby archaeological context. The samples from archaeological contexts have been flaked in antiq- uity, subsequently buried, and recovered during an archaeological excavation. We compared the thermoluminescence (TL) properties of these unknowns with those of ex- perimentally annealed cherts. The control samples, collected and flaked from the lowest of four chert layers at the Fossil Hill Formation outcrop, were annealed for four hours at 300∞C, 400∞C, and 600∞C. Our investigation focused on the TL sensitivity of the 100∞C TL peak, which is not present in natural TL but is easily observed by prompt TL following beta or gamma dose irradiation. This peak undergoes a greater sensitivity change than the high-temperature TL following heat treatment, therefore it may be considered a far more sensitive paleothermometer. The thermal activation characteristic (TAC) of the cherts was also exam- ined. In addition, we studied the natural TL and dose response of the high-temperature TL of the cherts, and their response to illumination by natural light. On the basis of these investigations we conclude that prior heat treatment is readily detect- able in Red Wing chert, however that it has not taken place in the archaeological material we examined. This conclusion is confirmed by the excessive apparent ages of the archaeo- logical cherts, which are an order of magnitude higher than any reasonable archaeological estimates for the presence of humans in the New World. Chert self dose rates were based on ICPMS-determined U and Th radioisotope chain concentrations, and XRF-determined K concentrations. In addition, we found that the high-temperature TL signal in chert is sensitive to reduction by exposure to natural light. This may possibly yield a spuriously lower TL signal in surface- collected archaeological material than in self-same geological samples collected recently, and may thus lead to an erroneous conclusion of past heat treatment. A correct procedure for the accurate detection of chert heat treatment in antiquity is proposed. K K K Key words PALEOINDIAN, HEAT TREATMENT, CHERT, FLINT, PARKHILL COM- PLEX, THERMAL ACTI- VATION, CHERT AN- NEALING, CHERT BLEACHING, THER- MOLUMINESCENCE,
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Prédiction machine sur la base complète
Imitation des enseignantsNi prévalence calibrée, ni vérité terrain. Validation humaine à venir. Le volet Gemma est une étiquette directe du modèle pour chaque travail de la base, lue sur la notice réduite au titre. Le volet Codex est un classifieur appris des 10 348 étiquettes directes de Codex et calibré sur les taux pondérés de l'échantillon; les champs sans appui suffisant ne portent aucun appel Codex. Le mode candidate est l'union des deux volets; le consensus est leur intersection. Ces sorties portent le statut machine_predicted_unvalidated et ne sont pas des étiquettes humaines.
Scores du classifieur distillé par catégorie (deux têtes)
| Catégorie | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Métarecherche | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens strict) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Méta-épidémiologie (sens large) | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Bibliométrie | 0,001 | 0,001 |
| Études des sciences et des technologies | 0,001 | 0,001 |
| Communication savante | 0,001 | 0,000 |
| Science ouverte | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Intégrité de la recherche | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| Charge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger) | 0,001 | 0,000 |
Scores machine (provisoires)
Les deux têtes enseignantes du modèle étudiant, lues sur ce travail. Un score ordonne la base pour la relecture; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie, et le statut de validation accompagne chaque rangée tel quel.
Scores de référence d'un modèle non mature (critères de maturité non atteints, 7 itérations). Un score ordonne; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · tel quel depuis la passe de notation : score_only signifie que le nombre peut ordonner les travaux, et qu'aucune étiquette de catégorie n'en découleClassification
machine, non validéePrédiction automatique; un appel candidat d’une seule source (Gemma direct ou Codex distillé), pas un consensus.
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