Three archaeomagnetic applications of archaeological interest to the study of burnt anthropogenic cave sediments

Quaternary International

Volumn 414, Issue , 2016, Pages 244-257

  Carrancho, A ^a   Herrejon Lagunilla A ^a   Verges J M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ashes; Bronze Age; Fumiers; Holocene; Secular variation; Thermoremanent magnetization

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; ASH; BRONZE AGE; CAVE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SECULAR VARIATION; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; SPAIN;

EID: 84961832251     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.010     Document Type: Article

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