Thermoluminescence dating of pottery and burnt stones from Scandinavian archaeological sites

While methods for dating pottery by thermoluminescence (TL) were established more than a decade ago, burnt stones, in particular granites, turned out to be a more difficult material to respond to this method because of the nonuniform distribution of their radioactive constituents as well as the minerals present in their matrix. By using large grains (0.1-5 mm) of feldspars we have succeeded in developing a method that allows TL dating of burnt stones as weil as pottery. The method has been used extensively during the last few years for dating material from archaeological excavations in the Nordic countries. Current progress in the method is reported and a number of dating results are presented and discussed

Brick kiln from SW Jutland: the kiln, historical outline of brick production and farm building in Jutland, magnetic and luminescence dating of the kiln

The paper presents investigations of a brick kiln at Veldbæk east of Esbjerg excavated in connection with construction of a motorway. The kiln, a "farmers kiln", is described and the history of brick kiln construction and farm building in West Jutland is outlined. Magnetic and luminescence dating of the Veldbæk kiln are discussed and dating results presented. The magnetic and luminescence dates are 1790 ± 40 AD and 1795 ± 20 AD, respectively and these are in excellent agreement. A brick from one of the ash pits gave a luminescence date of 1550 ± 40 AD; this indicates that the brick was fired and used elsewhere prior to its use at Veldbæk

Luminescence dates of the Iron Age cemetery at Møllegårdsmarken, Fyn, Denmark

The Iron Age cemetery at Møllegårdsmarken on the island of Funen is described briefly and the principle of luminescence dating is outlined. Dates for a number of cremation urns and for a potsherd found on a road running close to the site are presented. The dating was carried out with the OSL method SARA applied to quartz