43567
Title Of Article Chaper
Archeomagnetic dating in Arkansas
Title Of Journal Book
Proceedings of the 18th international symposium on archaeometry and archaeological prospection, Bonn, 14-17 March 1978; Archaeo-Physika, Band 10, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn
Pages
522-533
Collation
6 figs.
Reference Bibliography
Includes 17 bibliog. refs.
Publisher
Rheinland-Verlag GmbH
Publisher City
Köln
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
International symposium on archaeometry and archaeological prospection. 18.
Meeting City
Bonn
Abstract
A series of archeomagnetic samples, most dating in the approximate time period 1200-1500AD, was recently collected in Arkansas and the border areas of adjacent states. The results from these samples indicate that dating of prehistoric baked features can be obtained with good precision and accuracy. Comparison of these results with those previously obtained in the southwestern United States suggests that westward drift between these two areas during the 1200-1500AD time period was probably more rapid than the world wide average from 1300AD to the present.
Keywords
Archaeology, magnetism archaeomagnetism geomagnetism -- ICCROM
pub_id
43567
Meeting Date
19780314-19780317