An introduction to archaeomagnetic dating

Geochronometria

Volumn 25, Issue , 2006, Pages 11-18

  McIntosh, Gregg ^a   Catanzariti, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Archaeomagnetic dating; Dating methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749141471     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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