Archaeology in Amazonia (Other Keyword)

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Applying OSL Dating to Understand Relationships between the Teotônio Site and Surrounding Populations, Southwestern Amazonia (2016)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Fernando Ozorio De Almeida. Brenda Bowser. Sachiko Sakai.

This study provides an example of the potential for optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating to resolve chronological questions that cannot be adequately addressed using conventional radiocarbon dating alone. We have applied this method to ceramics from the Teotônio site, located beside the Teotônio waterfall on the upper Madeira River in southwestern Amazonia. This site can be understood as a persistent place, with several occupations ranging from at least 6000 BP to recent times, when...