Naslov
Age determination of fossil bones from the Vindija Neanderthal site in Croatia

Autori
WILD, E.M. ; Paunović, Maja ; RABEDER, G. ; STEFFAN, I. ; STEIER, P.

Izvornik
Radiocarbon (0033-8222) 43 (2001), 2B; 1021-1028

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Sažetak
The Vindija cave in Croatia is very famous because of the occurrence of Neanderthal bones in layer G of the sediment profile. Due to the great interest in the layer G, radiocarbon dating focussed on this layer. Besides the Neanderthal remains, the sediment (also layer G) contains bones from different evolution levels of the cave bear and offers the possibility to study their evolution mode. Therefore we tried to determine the time span covered by the entire profile. The U/Th age determination method was applied to cave bear bones from different layers of the profile. For the younger part of the profile the U/Th ages were compared with the results of the radiocarbon and the amino acid racemisation method. The agreement of the different methods indicates that closed system behaviour can be assumed for the fossil bones from the Vindija cave. From this finding it may be deduced that bones from the lower sediment layers are also closed systems and that the U/Th ages of these layers are reliable. This conclusion is corroborated by the stratigraphy of the cave profile.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija

POVEZANOST RADA