Research report: Magnetic investigations and the age of a medieval kiln at Kungahälla (south-west Sweden)

Archaeometry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 675-684

  Riisager, P ^a,b   Abrahamsen, N ^a   Rytter, J ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^c Directorate for Cultural Heritage   (Norway)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetism; Dating; Kiln; Medieval; Palaeointensity; Scandinavia; Surveying

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DATING METHOD; MAGNETIC SURVEY; POTTERY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0346935020     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-4754.2003.00136.x     Document Type: Article

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