# Martin J. Aitken 1975: Thermoluminescence and Glozel: a plea for caution

> Martin J. Aitken, Joan Huxtable, 1975. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Antiquity 49(195): 223-226. The Oxford laboratory's response to the…

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# Thermoluminescence and Glozel: a plea for caution

Martin J. Aitken, Joan Huxtable, 1975.

**Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field** Articledoi: **[10.1017/S0003598X00103485](https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00103485)** 0

## What it's used for here

Antiquity 49(195): 223-226. The Oxford laboratory's response to the 1974 TL results, setting out the sources of error (unknown burial environment, possible reheating, dose-rate assumptions) that make a TL date on an object of unknown find context unreliable.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[About 15 of the 39 TL dates obtained by 1979, including some inscribed tablets, fall between about 700 BC and AD 100…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/evidence/EVD0DEDXRNGBXFV/about-15-of-the-39-tl-dates-obtained-by-1979-including-some)

Evidence

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

The mystery article

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[Do the thermoluminescence dates on the Glozel ceramics record the original firing or a later reheating?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/glozel/questions/QST0DEDTPR71P95/do-the-thermoluminescence-dates-on-the-glozel-ceramics)

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## Cite it

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Martin J. Aitken, & Joan Huxtable (1975). Thermoluminescence and Glozel: a plea for caution. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00103485
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00103485)

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