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Vagn Mejdahl

Danish physicist at the Risø National Laboratory, a pioneer of thermoluminescence dating, who first proposed TL for Glozel in 1969 and co-authored the 1974-1976 results placing the ceramics between about 700 BC and AD 100.

Vagn Mejdahl is danish TL dating specialist at Risø, lead physicist of the 1974 Glozel dating programme., and appears in the record of Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field as danish physicist at the Risø National Laboratory, a pioneer of thermoluminescence dating, who first proposed TL for Glozel in 1969 and co-authored the 1974-1976 results placing the ceramics between about 700 BC and AD 100.

One event on the site involves Mejdahl: McKerrell, Mejdahl, François and Portal report thermoluminescence dates of 700 BC to AD 100 (Dec 1974).

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Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field
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Mysteries Department. (2026). Vagn Mejdahl [Person FIG0DEDMEEWM10V]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDMEEWM10V
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