Archaeomagnetic investigation and dating of Neolithic archaeological site (Kovachevo) from Bulgaria

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 147, Issue 2-3 SPEC.ISS., 2004, Pages 89-102

  Jordanova, Neli ^a   Kovacheva, Mary ^a   Kostadinova, Maria ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetic dating; Baked clay; Neolithic; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOMAGNETISM; DATING METHOD; MAGNETIC MINERAL; NEOLITHIC;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOVACHEVO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 5144227555     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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