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 |
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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 |