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The Ar-40/Ar-39 method: refining the chronological framework of the Italian peninsula Lower and early middle-Palaeolithic human and cultural changes

Webinar, giovedì 21 maggio ore 14  #ilDSTnonSiFerma

Il Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra organizza un webinar dal titolo:

 "The 40Ar/39Ar method: refining the chronological framework of the Italian peninsula Lower and early middle-Palaeolithic human and cultural changes"
tenuto dal Dr. Sebastien Nomade del Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (CEA-CNRS-UVSQ), Gif Sur Yvette cedex, France. 

Short Abstract: In the frame of a Italian and French collaborative effort, since 10 years a large effort have been made to systematically date using volcanic derived products middle Pleistocene archaeological and paleontological sites all over central and southern Italy. After presenting the history and the 40Ar/39Ar method itself, I will discussed the synthesis of the results obtained in more than 20 sites. These results have tremendous archaeological but also volcanological implications.

Short CV: Specialist of the 40Ar/39Ar geochronology, his main research topics are focused on past climatic and environmental changes, human/cultural evolution and the understanding of the variations of the earth magnetic field over the last 2.6 Ma. S. Nomade is editor for “Quaternary Geochronology”, senior researcher at the French atomic commission (CEA) since 2018 and member of the scientific council of the research fund for Archeometry and heritage of île de France region.