<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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 typological 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 radiocarbon dating can be quite effective in the study of archaeology and human environment relationship in the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta (GBD).</p></abstract>

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 typological 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 radiocarbon dating can be quite effective in the study of archaeology and human environment relationship in the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta (GBD).

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

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

Centre for Archaeological Studies & Training Eastern India, Kolkata, 700 016, India

Dept. of AIHC and A, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, 731 235, India

Geochronometria

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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...

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

Publicado en línea: 19 jun 2011

Páginas: 282 - 291

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-011-0041-6

Palabras clave
Alluvial archaeology, OSL dating, buried sites, delta

© 2011 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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

Publicado en línea: 19 jun 2011

Páginas: 282 - 291

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13386-011-0041-6

Palabras claveAlluvial archaeology, OSL dating, buried sites, delta

© 2011 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Alluvial archaeology, OSL dating, buried sites, delta