Archaeomagnetic study and dating of a Hellenistic site in Katerini (N. Greece)

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 481-495

  De Marco, E ^a   Spassov, S ^b   Kondopoulou, D ^a   Zananiri, I ^a,c   Gerofoka, E ^d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL EXPLORATION   (Greece)

^d Ephoria of Prehistorical and Classical Antiquities of Pieria   (Greece)

Author keywords

Archaeointensity; Archaeomagnetism; Dating; Greece; Kiln; Remanent magnetisation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KILNS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; REMANENCE;

ARCHAEOINTENSITY; ARCHAEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETISM;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CERAMICS; DATING METHOD; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; ROCK PROPERTY; SECULAR VARIATION;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MACEDONIA [GREECE]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 43549088291     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.02.017     Document Type: Article

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