# The thermoluminescence-dated ceramics (Risø, Edinburgh, Saclay and Oxford samples)

> The 27 or so fired-clay objects sampled for thermoluminescence between 1973 and 1985: inscribed tablets, face urns, phallic and bisexual idols, lamps and…

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# The thermoluminescence-dated ceramics (Risø, Edinburgh, Saclay and Oxford samples)

ObjectPersée open access; journal copyrightSampled 1973 to 1985

[Cite]

**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://www.persee.fr/doc/racf_0220-6617_1976_num_15_1_2018).

The 27 or so fired-clay objects sampled for thermoluminescence between 1973 and 1985: inscribed tablets, face urns, phallic and bisexual idols, lamps and bobbins. Their dates fall into Iron Age to Gallo-Roman, medieval and twentieth-century groups, and two laboratories disagree on the same tablet. Sample numbers of the form 7nnnnn (Risø), GF-nnn and 984.2.nnn (Oxford) are given in the dating literature.

McKerrell, Mejdahl, François and Portal, 1973. Persée open access; journal copyright

## Copies 1

**The 1976 measurement tables (persée)** McKerrell, Mejdahl, François and Portal · persee.fr · Persée open access; journal copyrightPrimary source: [Datation par thermoluminescence de céramique de Glozel: L'affaire de Glozel; Les mesures de thermoluminescence](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHRKN8QDW/datation-par-thermoluminescence-de-ceramique-de-glozel)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.persee.fr/doc/racf_0220-6617_1976_num_15_1_2018)

## Where it is kept

[Musée de Glozel](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKXWVC3XD/musee-de-glozel) · Museum

## Sources 4

- [Archaeomagnetic analyses of six Glozelian ceramic artifacts](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK6S7H6VF/archaeomagnetic-analyses-of-six-glozelian-ceramic-artifacts)_SRC_
- [Datation par thermoluminescence de céramique de Glozel: L'affaire de Glozel; Les mesures de thermoluminescence](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHRKN8QDW/datation-par-thermoluminescence-de-ceramique-de-glozel)_SRC_
- [Résumé des recherches effectuées à Glozel entre 1983 et 1990, sous l'égide du ministère de la Culture](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJ8461BM1/resume-des-recherches-effectuees-a-glozel-entre-1983-et-1990)_SRC_
- [The Scientific Analyses of Glozel](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK60WJEK6/the-scientific-analyses-of-glozel)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The thermoluminescence-dated ceramics (Risø, Edinburgh, Saclay and Oxford samples) [Artifact ART0DEDRPE85PVC]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDRPE85PVC
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**ART** 0DEDRPE85PVC

Kind

Object

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Musée de Glozel; residues at the laboratories

Dated

Sampled 1973 to 1985

Licence

Persée open access; journal copyright

Place

[Musée de Glozel](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0DEDKXWVC3XD/musee-de-glozel)

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[Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel)

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