An Archaeomagnetic Study of a Roman Bath in Southern France

Absolute Thellier–Thellier archaeointensity determinations were conducted on 137 tiles and sedimentary blocks from five different structures from the ‘Site de la Molère’, southern France, to constrain the archaeological interpretation of a relative age difference between structures and add new data...

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Published in:Archaeometry 2017-04, Vol.59 (2), p.356-372
Main Authors: Hammond, M. L., Lanos, PH, Hill, M. J., Colleoni, F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
archaeointensity
archaeomagnetism
chronology
Earth Sciences
Geophysics
roman period
Sciences of the Universe
site de la molère
tiles
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Summary:Absolute Thellier–Thellier archaeointensity determinations were conducted on 137 tiles and sedimentary blocks from five different structures from the ‘Site de la Molère’, southern France, to constrain the archaeological interpretation of a relative age difference between structures and add new data to the French secular variation database. We present 89 new archaeointensity and 20 new directional results, with averages of 57 (±8) μT in the second century ad and 68 (±7) μT in the third century ad. The overall data trend is consistent with the limited available data, indicating rapidly increasing field intensity from the second to the third century ad.
ISSN:0003-813X
1475-4754
DOI:10.1111/arcm.12240