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https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-59-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-7-59-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
A direct comparison of single-grain and multi-grain aliquot luminescence dating of feldspars from colluvial deposits in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Luminescence Physics, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde/Lyngby, Denmark
Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Guillaume Guérin
Géosciences Rennes, UMR 6118, CNRS, Bâtiment 15, Campus Beaulieu, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France
Kristina J. Thomsen
Luminescence Physics, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde/Lyngby, Denmark
Mariana Sontag-González
Institute of Geography, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, 35390 Giessen, Germany
Matthias Blessing
Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, University of Tübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
Deep History Lab, Department of Anthropology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Greg A. Botha
Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa
Max Hellers
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Gunther Möller
Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, University of Tübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
Andreas Peffeköver
Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Christian Sommer
Institute of Geography, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
The Role of Culture in Early Expansions of Humans, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Tübingen, Germany
Anja Zander
Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Manuel Will
Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, University of Tübingen, 72070 Tübingen, Germany
Palaeo-Research Institute, University of Johannesburg, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa
Data sets
A direct comparison of single grain and multi-grain aliquot measurements of feldspars from colluvial deposits in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Svenja Riedesel et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12759293
Short summary
We apply luminescence dating of feldspars to establish a geochronological framework for the sequence of accretionary hillslope deposition at Jojosi, which contains important archaeological artefacts. We test and evaluate four different dose models and their applicability to single-grain and multi-grain data sets containing up to 67 % saturated grains. Our results constrain erosional and depositional processes from 100–700 ka and human occupation of the area in early MIS 5 and late MIS 6.
We apply luminescence dating of feldspars to establish a geochronological framework for the...