Tooth enamel to date an archaeological site
Quartz grains to date the sedimentation which covers a site or is related to the archaeology
Magnettech's high sensitivity ESR spectrometer MS 400 and MS 5000
Bahain, J.-J., Falgueres, C., Laurent, M., Voinchet, P., Dolo, J.-M., Antoine, P., and Tuffreau, A. (2007). ESR chronology of the Somme River Terrace system and first human settlements in Northern France. Quaternary Geochronology 2, 356-362.
Voinchet, P., Despriée, J., Tissoux, H., Falguères, C., Bahain, J. J., Gageonnet, R., Dépont, J., and Dolo, J. M. (2010). ESR chronology of alluvial deposits and first human settlements of the Middle Loire Basin (Region Centre, France). Quaternary Geochronology 5, 381-384.
ESR spectrum of gamma irradiated horse enamel from the Middle Palaeolithic archaeological site of Piégu (France) measured with a MiniScope MS 5000 benchtop ESR spectrometer (sample courtesy J.-J. Bahain, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris)