by Liritzis, I. Vafiadou, A., Polymeris, G.S., Kitis, G., Iliopoulos, I. and Xanthopoulou, V.
ABSTRACT
Age estimation of two carbonate rock samples, using thermoluminescence (TL) technique, and two ceramic sherds using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) was performed; all derived from School of Homer (Pe-likata), on Ithaca Island, Greece. The first stone sample was collected from the east façade, the lower row of the Mansion (ITH-3), while sample ITH-4 derives from the outer circular wall of well-known archaeological age. The partial bleaching methodology of surface luminescence dating method using fine powder was applied for the equivalent dose determination. The ages given by the two carbonate rock samples (stairs and wall) were in the 2nd and 1st millennia BC; the two ceramics dated to late Byzantine era. Various experimental features concerning bleaching of the carbonate rock samples are discussed.
