Towards a new approach to archaeomagnetic dating in Europe using geomagnetic field modelling

Archaeometry

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-322

  Lodge, A ^a   Holme, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeomagnetic dating; Geomagnetic field modelling; Geomagnetic secular variation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DATING METHOD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MODELING; SECULAR VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 62249085442     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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