Estimating baking temperatures in a Roman pottery kiln by rock magnetic properties: Implications of thermochemical alteration on archaeointensity determinations

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 592-604

  Spassov, Simo ^a   Hus, Jozef ^a  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaeointensity; Archaeomagnetism; Belgium; Heat conduction; Rock magnetism; Roman pottery kiln

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PALEOMAGNETISM; THERMOCHEMISTRY; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750714069     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03114.x     Document Type: Article

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