Rodrigues, Ana LuísaSoriano, Eni2024-11-282024-11-282022Rodrigues AL, Marques R, Dias MI, Prudêncio MI, Cardoso G, Russo D, et al. Luminescence and compositional studies for the identification of “fire-setting” features at prehistoric mine La Turquesa (Catalonia, Spain). J Radioanal Nucl Chem. 2022;331:1397-408. DOI: 10.1007/s10967-022-08198-00236-5731http://hdl.handle.net/10230/68860Modern mining activities often leads to destruction of archaeological records, making difficult to date the contexts and tools. In this work, a prehistoric mine with “fire-setting” techniques evidence was used to demonstrate the relevance of luminescence protocols to identify and date ancient mining activities. Chemical and mineralogical studies complemented the dosimetric ones by means of luminescence protocols. One of the samples shows lower absorbed dose suggesting heating procedures, like “fire-setting” and its luminescence age, determined by SAROSL, points to copper exploitation during the Middle/Late Bronze Age at La Turquesa mine, in accordance with archaeological records.application/pdfengThis version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08198-0info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08198-0Prehistoric mining“Fire-setting”Luminescence protocolsLuminescence datingGeochemistryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess