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Archaeomagnetic dating of archaeological sites and volcanic lava flows

It provides the age of an combustion archaeological structure or of a volcanic lava flow. To do this, the direction of the magnetization recorded in the structure is determined and compared with a standard curve. We have synthetic curves provided by a global model (SHA.DIF.14K) with resolution for the last 8,000 years
Instrumentation
CAI Técnicas Físicas
Paleomagnetism Unit