Datation des sites préhistoriques : quoi de neuf depuis les années 1980 ?

Abstract

Since the 1980s, the dating methods used in Prehistory have become more diversified and geochronologists have now at hand a wide range of methods to date various kinds of samples, both in nature and age. It has helped, in collaboration with archaeologists and paleo-anthropologists, to clarify the chronological framework of the biological and cultural evolution of Man. The main technical and methodological advances of the last forty years are illustrated in this article through some examples of archaeological applications.

Keywords

• dating methods
• physico-chemical methods
• Prehistory
• Human evolution
• rock art.