Application of luminescence dating and geomorphological analysis to the study of landscape evolution, settlement and climate change on the Channel Island of Herm.

• Published in: Journal of Archaeological Science
• Main Authors: Bailiff, I.K., French, C.A., Scarre, C.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2014
• Subjects: Luminescence dating; Geomorphological analysis; Island archaeology; Climate change; Guernsey; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/11441/; http://dro.dur.ac.uk/11441/1/11411.pdf; http://dro.dur.ac.uk/11441/2/11441.pdf; 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 landscape on Herm, one of the Channel Islands that...