Mousterian occupations in Dalmatia, Croatia: early dates suggested by optically stimulated luminescence
New dates from Mujina pećina, obtained through optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), provide the earliest radiometric dates yet recorded from an archaeological site in Dalmatia, Croatia. Associated Mousterian artefacts indicate that humans were present in this part of the Adriatic region c . 30 000 years earlier than previously believed.
Authors
- Marko Banda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1348-5241)
- Ivor Karavanić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1452-8394)
- Fred H. Smith
- Rory Becker
- Slobodan Miko
- Giovanni Boschian
Institutions
- University of Pisa (IT)
- University of Zagreb (HR)
- Eastern Oregon University (US)
- Croatian Geological Survey (HR)
- Illinois State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antiquity
- Published
- 2026-07-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2026.10400
- Primary Topic
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00