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AN ARCHAEOMAGNETIC STUDY OF POTTERY KILNS FROM BRÜHL‐PINGSDORF (GERMANY) *
Author(s) -
REINDERS J.,
HAMBACH U.,
KRUMSIEK K.,
SANKE M.,
STRACK N.
Publication year - 1999
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.1475-4754.1999.tb00990.x
Subject(s) - archaeomagnetic dating , pottery , kiln , archaeology , geology , art , geography , earth's magnetic field , physics , quantum mechanics , magnetic field
Four pottery kilns from Brühl‐Pingsdorf (Germany) were dated by comparing their characteristic remanent magnetization with a curve of the palaeo‐secular variation of the geomagnetic field. Archaeomagnetic results suggest last heating events between AD 775 and 1020. The archaeological evidence generally supports the relative temporal succession and the duration of use, but indicates that the kilns are about 150 years younger on average. Hence, a systematic offset between these independently developed chronologies must be considered. Rock magnetic parameters display radial variations through the kiln walls. These variations are controlled by the maximum temperature the rock was exposed to. These parameters were used to identify specimen which acquired a thermoremanent magnetization.