Evidence · Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field

The field contains medieval glassworking kilns and vitrified debris, and TL on local medieval and Gallo-Roman sherds…

The field contains medieval glassworking kilns and vitrified debris, and TL on local medieval and Gallo-Roman sherds from nearby sites gave expected dates except at Le Cluzel, where dates were 400 to 720 years too young.

Supported0

What it means

Key questionDo the thermoluminescence dates on the Glozel ceramics record the original firing or a later reheating?

2 answers, none ahead yet

Openunchanged

Answer this evidence bears onReheating reset the TL clock on some objects

Supports2 for, none against

Still possibleunchanged

Next steps 1

Add the 2023 Guilaine-Miallier dates and the full 1976 TL sample table to the dates dataset, with sampling surfaces.

~5 h

On: Do the thermoluminescence dates on the Glozel ceramics record the original firing or a later reheating?

—not judged

Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes

Sources 1

Résumé des recherches effectuées à Glozel entre 1983 et 1990, sous l'égide du ministère de la Culture

Daugas et al. 1995

SRC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The field contains medieval glassworking kilns and vitrified debris, and TL on local medieval and Gallo-Roman sherds… [Evidence EVD0DEDYSYAQ40Q]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDYSYAQ40Q

@misc{mysteriesdept_evd0dedysyaq40q,
  title     = {The field contains medieval glassworking kilns and vitrified debris, and TL on local medieval and Gallo-Roman sherds…},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEDYSYAQ40Q},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDYSYAQ40Q}
}