Archaeomagnetic investigation of oriented pre-Columbian lime-plasters from Teotihuacan, Mesoamerica

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1433-1439

  Soler Arechalde, A M ^a   Sanchez F ^a   Rodriguez, M ^a   Caballero Miranda, C ^a   Goguitchaishvili, Avto ^a,c   Urrutia Fucugauchi, Jaime ^a   Manzanilla, L ^a   Tarling, D H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetism; Geomagnetic secular variation; Lime plasters; Mesoamerica; Teotihuacan

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DEMAGNETIZATION; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; TEOTIHUACAN;

EID: 33846045296     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352639     Document Type: Article

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