Archaeomagnetic study of a lime kiln at Bazzano (northern Italy)

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 534-543

  Tema, Evdokia ^a   Lanza, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetic dating; Bayesian statistics; Italy; Rescue excavation; Secular variation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KILNS; LIME; STATISTICS;

ARCHAEOMAGNETIC DATING; BAYESIAN STATISTICS; RESCUE EXCAVATION; SECULAR VARIATION;

GEOMAGNETISM;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEMAGNETIZATION; LIME; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

BAZZANO; BOLOGNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 43549123274     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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