Archaeomagnetic dating of archaeological sites from Switzerland and Bulgaria

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1463-1479

  Kovacheva, Mary ^a   Hedley, Ian ^b   Jordanova, Neli ^a   Kostadinova, Maria ^a   Gigov, Valentin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetic dating; Baked clay; Palaeointensity; Reference curves; Rock magnetic properties

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DATING METHOD; MAGNETIC METHOD;

BULGARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 4544249422     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.03.019     Document Type: Article

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