Archaeomagnetic dating of a vitrified wall at the Late Bronze Age settlement of Misericordia (Serpa, Portugal)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1399-1407

  Catanzariti, Gianluca ^a   McIntosh, Gregg ^a   Monge Soares, António M ^b   Díaz Martínez, Enrique ^c   Kresten, Peter ^d   Osete, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^d Kresten GeoData   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetic dating; Bronze Age; Metallic iron; Portugal; Vitrified structure

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; DATING METHOD; IRON AGE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PARTIAL MELTING; TITANOMAGNETITE; VITRIFICATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 40749153818     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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