An intercomparison study of luminescence dating protocols and techniques applied to medieval brick samples from Normandy (France)

Blain, .S.; Bailiff, I.K.; Guibert, P.; Bouvier, A.; Baylé, M.

doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2009.02.016

Dating the setting of a late prehistoric statue-menhir at Cruz de Cepos, NE Portugal (2024)
Journal Article
Bailiff, I., Andrieux, E., Díaz-Guardamino, M., Alves, L., Comendador Rey, B., García Sanjuán, L., & Martín Seijo, M. (2024). Dating the setting of a late prehistoric statue-menhir at Cruz de Cepos, NE Portugal. Quaternary Geochronology, 83, Article 101569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2024.101569

The emergence of ‘standing stone’ monuments within the European Late Prehistoric landscape is considered to be associated with a pivotal human cultural transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture and permanent settlement, being the earliest... Read More about Dating the setting of a late prehistoric statue-menhir at Cruz de Cepos, NE Portugal.

Recovering a lost seismic disaster. The destruction of El Castillejo and the discovery of the earliest historic earthquake affecting the Granada region (Spain) (2024)
Journal Article
Forlin, P., Reicherter, K., Gerrard, C. M., Bailiff, I., & García Porras, A. (2024). Recovering a lost seismic disaster. The destruction of El Castillejo and the discovery of the earliest historic earthquake affecting the Granada region (Spain). PLoS ONE, 19(4), Article e0300549. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300549

This paper discusses recent archaeological fieldwork conducted at El Castillejo, a medieval Islamic settlement in Los Guájares, Granada, southern Spain. Results from combined archaeological excavation and archaeoseismological assessment of standing s... Read More about Recovering a lost seismic disaster. The destruction of El Castillejo and the discovery of the earliest historic earthquake affecting the Granada region (Spain).

Luminescence dosimetry (2022)
Journal Article
Yukihara, E. G., McKeever, S. W., Andersen, C. E., Bos, A. J., Bailiff, I. K., Yoshimura, E. M., …Christensen, J. B. (2022). Luminescence dosimetry. Nature Reviews Methods Primers, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s43586-022-00102-0

Extending the range of optically stimulated luminescence using vein quartz and quartzite sedimentary pebbles (2021)
Journal Article
Bailiff, I., Bridgland, D., & Cunha, P. P. (2021). Extending the range of optically stimulated luminescence using vein quartz and quartzite sedimentary pebbles. Quaternary Geochronology, 65, Article 101180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2021.101180

The feasibility of applying optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) techniques to obtain estimates of the burial age of lithic clasts in the form of pebbles of quartzose lithology is investigated in this study. We applied OSL measurement procedures t... Read More about Extending the range of optically stimulated luminescence using vein quartz and quartzite sedimentary pebbles.

Radiological emergency dosimetry – The use of luminescent mineral fillers in polymer-based fabrics (2020)
Journal Article
Bossin, L., Bailiff, I., & Terry, I. (2020). Radiological emergency dosimetry – The use of luminescent mineral fillers in polymer-based fabrics. Radiation Measurements, 134, Article 106318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2020.106318

Mineral fillers are widely used in the manufacture of thermoplastics and they are commonly found in the fabrics used to form bags. We show that carbonate mineral filler grains incorporated within faux leather fabrics and the coatings applied to woven... Read More about Radiological emergency dosimetry – The use of luminescent mineral fillers in polymer-based fabrics.

Luminescence dating and micromorphological assessment (2020)
Book Chapter
Snape, L., & Bailiff, I. (2020). Luminescence dating and micromorphological assessment. In E. Sauer, L. Chologauri, A. Gabunia, K. Hopper, D. Lawrence, E. MacDonald, …et al. (Eds.), Dariali: the ‘Caspian Gates’ in the Caucasus from Antiquity to the Age of the Huns and the Middle Ages. The joint Georgian-British Dariali Gorge excavations & surveys 2013-2016 (845-854). Oxbow Books

Luminescence dating of sediment mounds: associated with shaft and gallery irrigation systems (2019)
Journal Article
Bailiff, I., Jankowski, N., Gerrard, C., Gutiérrez, A., & Wilkinson, K. (2019). Luminescence dating of sediment mounds: associated with shaft and gallery irrigation systems. Journal of Arid Environments, 165, 34-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.02.004

Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) techniques, supported by geomorphological analysis, have been applied to date the construction of shaft and gallery irrigation systems, more commonly referred to as qanats, falaj and foggara. The approach devel... Read More about Luminescence dating of sediment mounds: associated with shaft and gallery irrigation systems.

Phototransferred TL properties of alumina substrates (2018)
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Bossin, L., Bailiff, I. K., & Terry, I. (2018). Phototransferred TL properties of alumina substrates. Radiation Measurements, 120, 41-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.07.018

Alumina substrates, such as those found as surface-mount resistors in mobile phones, are currently the strongest candidate as a surrogate dosimeter material in emergency radiological scenarios using luminescence techniques. However, the rate of fadin... Read More about Phototransferred TL properties of alumina substrates.

An examination of beta dose attenuation effects in coarse grains located in sliced samples (2018)
Journal Article
Bailiff, I. (2019). An examination of beta dose attenuation effects in coarse grains located in sliced samples. Radiation Measurements, 120, 188-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2018.07.015

Previous work has demonstrated the feasibility of performing spatially resolved luminescence measurements with sliced solid materials (e.g., rock and ceramic) to determine the cumulative absorbed dose to individual luminescent grains in situ. In the... Read More about An examination of beta dose attenuation effects in coarse grains located in sliced samples.

Luminescence dating of qanat technology: prospects for further development (2018)
Journal Article
Bailiff, I., Jankowski, N., Snape, L., Gerrard, C., Gutiérrez, A., & Wilkinson, K. (2018). Luminescence dating of qanat technology: prospects for further development. Water History, 10(1), 73-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12685-018-0213-x

With few exceptions in which dating is implied by indirect association with adjacent settlements or incorporation of diagnostic artefacts in upcast sediment, individual qanats have proven very difficult to date. This absence of a chronological framew... Read More about Luminescence dating of qanat technology: prospects for further development.

St Giles House and the ‘Riding House’, Wimborne St Giles, Dorset: Scientific Dating and Bayesian Chronological Modelling. (2017)
Report
Bailiff, I., Bayliss, A., Bridge, M., Bronk Ramsey, C., Cattell, J., Dunbar, E., & Tyers, C. (2017). St Giles House and the ‘Riding House’, Wimborne St Giles, Dorset: Scientific Dating and Bayesian Chronological Modelling. [No known commissioning body]

Luminescence characteristics of some common polyester fabrics: Application to emergency dosimetry (2017)
Journal Article
Bossin, L., Bailiff, I. K., & Terry, I. (2017). Luminescence characteristics of some common polyester fabrics: Application to emergency dosimetry. Radiation Measurements, 106, 436-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.05.017

A set of garment polyester-mix fabrics was tested for their potential suitability as surrogate dosimetry materials using optically and thermally stimulated luminescence techniques. A strong native blue-stimulated optically stimulated luminescence and... Read More about Luminescence characteristics of some common polyester fabrics: Application to emergency dosimetry.

Retrospective and emergency dosimetry in response to radiological incidents and nuclear mass-casualty events: A review (2016)
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Bailiff, I., Sholom, S., & McKeever, S. (2016). Retrospective and emergency dosimetry in response to radiological incidents and nuclear mass-casualty events: A review. Radiation Measurements, 94, 83-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2016.09.004

This paper reviews recent research on the application of the physical dosimetry techniques of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and luminescence (optically stimulated luminescence, OSL, and thermoluminescence, TL) to determine radiation dose foll... Read More about Retrospective and emergency dosimetry in response to radiological incidents and nuclear mass-casualty events: A review.

Luminescence dating of irrigation systems: Application to a qanat in Aragon, Spain (2015)
Journal Article
Bailiff, I., Gerrard, C., Gutiérrez, A., Snape-Kennedy, L., & Wilkinson, K. (2015). Luminescence dating of irrigation systems: Application to a qanat in Aragon, Spain. Quaternary Geochronology, 14(B), 459-459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2015.02.016

Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) techniques have been applied to investigate the potential for dating the deposition of upcast mounds associated with qanat ventilation shafts at the site of a medieval qanat located in Aragón, Spain. Coarse qua... Read More about Luminescence dating of irrigation systems: Application to a qanat in Aragon, Spain.

Luminescence dating of brick from Brixworth Church- re-resting by the Durham Laboratory (2013)
Book Chapter
Bailiff, I. (2013). Luminescence dating of brick from Brixworth Church- re-resting by the Durham Laboratory. In D. Parsons, & D. Sutherland (Eds.), The Anglo-Saxon Church of All Saints, Brixworth, Northamptonshire (243-250). Oxbow Books

Luminescence dating of sediments from a Palaeolithic site associated with a solution feature on the North Downs of Kent, UK (2013)
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Bailiff, I., Lewis, S., Drinkall, H., & White, M. (2013). Luminescence dating of sediments from a Palaeolithic site associated with a solution feature on the North Downs of Kent, UK. Quaternary Geochronology, 18, 135-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2013.04.001

Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating has been applied to determine the burial age of sediment horizons within a sequence containing Lower Palaeolithic artefacts on an upland site associated with a solution feature (doline) at West Cliffe, l... Read More about Luminescence dating of sediments from a Palaeolithic site associated with a solution feature on the North Downs of Kent, UK.

Application of luminescence dating and geomorphological analysis to the study of landscape evolution, settlement and climate change on the Channel Island of Herm (2013)
Journal Article
Bailiff, I., Scarre, C., & French, C. (2014). Application of luminescence dating and geomorphological analysis to the study of landscape evolution, settlement and climate change on the Channel Island of Herm. Journal of Archaeological Science, 41, 890-903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.10.014

The optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of sands and palaeosol horizons, sampled as part of an archaeological investigation and supported by geomorphological analysis, has been applied to identify critical stages in the development of the... Read More about Application of luminescence dating and geomorphological analysis to the study of landscape evolution, settlement and climate change on the Channel Island of Herm.

Luminescence dating of brick stupas: an application to the hinterland of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka (2013)
Journal Article
Bailiff, I., Lacey, H., Coningham, R., Gunawardhana, P., Adikari, G., Davis, C., …Strickland, K. (2013). Luminescence dating of brick stupas: an application to the hinterland of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Antiquity, 87(335), 189-201. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00048717

The domed stupas are among the most distinctive of South Asia's religious monuments and have been shown to be sensitive indicators for their society. Since arguments for economic and political change depend on accurate dating, and since the stupas ar... Read More about Luminescence dating of brick stupas: an application to the hinterland of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

13th International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating, 10–14 July, 2011, Toruń, Poland. (2012)
Journal Article
Bailiff, I., Adamiec, G., Bluszcz, A., Bos, A., Chen, R., Chruscinska, A., & Duller, G. (2012). 13th International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating, 10–14 July, 2011, Toruń, Poland. Radiation Measurements, 47(9), 649-651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.05.007

An intercomparison study of luminescence dating protocols and techniques applied to medieval brick samples from Normandy (France) (2010)
Journal Article
Blain, .., Bailiff, I., Guibert, P., Bouvier, A., & Baylé, M. (2010). An intercomparison study of luminescence dating protocols and techniques applied to medieval brick samples from Normandy (France). Quaternary Geochronology, 5(2-3), 311-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quageo.2009.02.016

A luminescence dating study has been applied to inform the history and archaeology of two early medieval buildings in north western France. Five bricks were sampled from the medieval churches (10th–11th centuries A.D.) of Rugles and Condé-sur-Risle i... Read More about An intercomparison study of luminescence dating protocols and techniques applied to medieval brick samples from Normandy (France).

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