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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
                                        
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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...