Radiocarbon, ESR and thermoluminescence (TL) dating of archeological monuments in Azerbaijan

This study sought to enhance the precision of C-14, ESR and TL dating of archaeological monuments in Azerbaijan.The charcoal samples was collected from various sites (Polutepe, Shomutepe, Goytepe, Pahsatepe, Boyukdash-Anazaga, Burugtepe, Alkhantepe, Gebele-Selbir, Uzun Reme ) for C-14 measurements.The counting vial was transferred into the liquid scintillation analyzer Tri-Carb 3100TR and allowed to count for a period of 300 to 1000 minutes depending on the size, age, and precision requirements.As a scintillation solution, 1 ml of commercially available SIGMA-ALDRICH liquid scintillation mixture PPO/POPOP in toluene was added.In this study the Radiocarbon dating method was used to date the age of charcoal samples from the archeological monuments in Azerbaijan.Calibration results was calculated with 68% and 95% probability (0=1950).Teeth and pottery samples were collected from the following archaeological sites: Jalilabad-Polutepe, Fuzuli-Leletepe, Ismayilbeytepe, Agstafa-Hesensu, Berde-Emirli-3, Jalilabad-Pashatepe, Gobustan-Anazaga, Gobustan-Boyukdash, Gobustan-Kichikdash, Jalilabad-Khudutepe, Chukur-Gebele, Mingechevir, Jalilabad-Elikomektepe, Gebele-Galayeri, and Yardimli-Arvana.The ESR and TL methods were employed to ascertain the age of the samples obtained from the aforementioned sites.