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ESR/OSL Dating and Firing Temperature Determination of Archeological Pottery from Kumyer Location in Turkey

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Archeological pottery is a good material that carries important data about ancient human life. Electron spin resonance (ESR) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) techniques are used for dating of a pottery found at Kumyer archeological site by rescue excavation from Muğla city in Turkey located at the western part of Anatolia. The ages estimated by ESR and by OSL methods are 4750 ± 400 a and 4100 ± 400 a, respectively, beinag consistent with an archeological analogical estimate of 3000–2000 B.C. In case of a broad signal overlapped with Al center, to take the first peak is recommended as the signal intensity of the Al center for ESR dating experiment. Firing temperature of sample is found to be more than 600 °C using the thermal properties of the E1′ center. ESR has an advantage in dating of ancient potteries as the method can confirm that the heating temperature has been high enough to erase the dating signals.

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We want to thank to Turkish Energy, Nuclear and Mineral Research Agency, Nuclear Energy and Research Institute (Istanbul/Turkey) for irradiation of samples. This work was supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) Project with the number 212T216.

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  1. Department of Physics, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey

    Ulku Sayin & Ayhan Ozmen

  2. Selçuk University Advanced Technology Research and Application Center, Konya, Turkey

    Ulku Sayin & Ayhan Ozmen

  3. Institute of Paleontology and Geochronology, Okayama University of Science, Ridai, Okayama, Japan

    Shin Toyoda

  4. Department of Protection and Restoration of Cultural Assets, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey

    Ilker Isik

  5. Vocational School of Health Services Opticianry Programme-KTO Karatay University, Konya, Turkey

    Gamze Ekici

  6. Turkish Energy, Nuclear and Mineral Research Agency, Sarayköy Nuclear Energy Research Institute, Ankara, Turkey

    Ulku Rabia Yuce Semiz

  7. Turkish Energy, Nuclear and Mineral Research Agency, Nuclear Energy Research Institute, Istanbul, Turkey

    Recep Biyik

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Sayin, U., Toyoda, S., Isik, I. et al. ESR/OSL Dating and Firing Temperature Determination of Archeological Pottery from Kumyer Location in Turkey. Appl Magn Reson 53, 1361–1374 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00723-022-01481-z

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