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. 2017 Apr 26;12(4):e0176317. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176317

Table 1. Rose Cottage Cave Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) and Thermo-luminescence (TL) ages for MSA layers at Rose Cottage Cave.

Technocomplex Age (ka) a Layer Method b
Pre-Howiesons Poort 95.9 ± 6.6 LEN OSL
72.5 ± 6.8 LEN TL
76.3 ± 14.8 LEN TL
68.4 ± 8.3 LEN TL
64.5 ± 6.6 LEN TL
71.4 ± 4.2 KUA OSL
Howiesons Poort 48.9 ± 5.3* EMD TL
65.0 ± 3.0 EMD OSL single grain
68.7 ± 2.7 EMC OSL
63.2 ± 2.3 ENG OSL single grain
63.0 ± 2.3 BER OSL single grain
60.4 ± 4.6 BER TL
56.3 ± 4.5 BER TL
54.0 ± 4.4 BER OSL
62.5 ± 2.9 ETH OSL
41.7 ± 3.7* ETH TL
58.6 ± 6.6 SUZ TL
Post-Howiesons Poort 50.5 ± 4.6 BYR TL
61.8 ± 2.8 ANN OSL
56.0 ± 2.6 LIN OSL single grain
59.4 ± 4.5 CLI OSL
49.4 ± 10.1 CLI TL
47.1 ± 10.2 THO TL
35.8 ± 2.4 LYN OSL
34.8 ± 2.2 LYN OSL
29.8 ± 1.6 DC OSL
27.6 ± 2.3 RU OSL
31.7 ± 1.8 G OSL

aIncoherent ages that are probably the result of bleached lithics are marked *

bOSL dates were obtained by [63], OSL single grain by [62] and TL by [61].