Luminescence dating of kilns pottery quarter at Paykend (Uzbekistan) - Méditerranée en tensions, Monde en recomposition
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Luminescence dating of kilns pottery quarter at Paykend (Uzbekistan)

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During the excavations of the Paykend site carried out by the French-Uzbek mission in the Bukhara oasis (MAFOUB), a pottery quarter was discovered between the citadel and the canal [1]. This quarter includes sequences of kilns and embankments. In order to understand the chronology of occupation of this sector of the town, about fifteen kilns and fill levels were sampled corresponding to about thirty dates (TL, BL- and IR-OSL). The materials chosen were both elements of the kilns (walls, bricks and pillars) and shards from the fillings after the furnaces were used. The architectural elements allow us to date the last use of the kilns. The dating provided by the shards is more difficult to analyze. While some of them may come from the last batch, or even from previous batches, they may also come from waste levels uncovered during the excavation of new kilns. This is corroborated by the presence of shards corresponding to the earlier phases of occupation of the site. On the other hand, in the fillings, no shard appear to date later than the surrounding architectural elements, indicating that the kilns were filled quickly after the end of their activity. This confirms our analysis of stratified sites as to the difficulty of dating stratigraphic units from movable elements alone. Overall, luminescence dating gives us an occupation between the 8th and 14th century AD. in accordance with C14 and archaeological dating. To go further, we sought to combine our data (palaeodoses and annual doses) with archaeological interpretation. In particular, the stratigraphic relationships between the kilns are modeled in order to establish a chronology of the site and highlight phases of occupation of the district. This is compared with the archaeological analysis carried out in the different sectors of the pottery quarter, in order to evaluate the relevance of our models.
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hal-04701576 , version 1 (18-09-2024)

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Antoine Zink, Elisa Porto, Rocco Rante. Luminescence dating of kilns pottery quarter at Paykend (Uzbekistan). 17th International Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating conference ,, Jun 2023, Copenhague, Denmark. ⟨hal-04701576⟩
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