A new approach for geomagnetic archaeointensity research: insights on ancient metallurgy in the Southern Levant

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2863-2879

  Ben Yosef, E ^a,b   Tauxe, L ^c   Ron, H ^b   Agnon, A ^b   Avner, U ^d   Najjar, M ^e   Levy, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ARAVA INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Israel)

^e Department of Antiquity ^*  (Jordan)

Author keywords

Archaeointensity; Archaeometallurgy; Chalcolithic; Copper slag; Faynan; Paleomagnetism; Secular variations; Slag deposits; Timna

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COPPER; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; METALLURGY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SECULAR VARIATION;

LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 49649115703     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.05.016     Document Type: Article

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