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MAGNETIC DATING
Author(s) -
AITKEN M. J.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1960.tb00517.x
Subject(s) - archaeomagnetic dating , archaeology , kiln , sampling (signal processing) , chronology , geology , history , computer science , physics , earth's magnetic field , magnetic field , filter (signal processing) , quantum mechanics , computer vision
This note, the first of three contributions about Magnetic Dating, briefly reviews basic principles and emphasizes that a‘magnetic date’can never be more reliable than the archaeological or other chronology on which the magnetic reference curve is based; the continued collaboration of archaeologists in strengthening and extending the reference curve is invited. The second contribution — by M. R. Harold — reports an effect of which it is important to take cognizance when sampling kilns and will illustrate to archaeologists, mindful of their kilns, why sampling needs to be so comprehensive. The third contribution describes the Spinning Magnetometer that is used to measure the samples in the Laboratory: it is intended primarily for the scientific reader.