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Schnepp & Pucher 1998
Schnepp, E. and Pucher, R. (1998). Preliminary archaeomagnetic results from a floor sequence of a bread kiln in Lubeck (Germany). Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 42(1): 1-11.
A sequence of 25 bread-kiln floors was sampled for archaeomagnetic measurements in a bakehouse in the old town of Lubeck, Germany. Due to archaeological dating this kiln floor sequence has been built up presumably from the last 13th to the 18th century. The primary magnetisation component is carried by maghemite (maghemite) and is very stable. Small viscous, magnetisation components could be removed easily. The preliminary results of characteristic remanent magnetisation for 23 of the kiln-floor layers show clearly the trend of the geomagnetic secular variation expected for that time interval. By comparison with French and British master curves, the kiln-floor sequence started around 1425 and lasted until 1775 AD. Presently, confidence circles are relatively large and need refining by measuring more samples, which have already been collected. Together with C-14 dating that can be determined from the charcoals found in the lowest layers and thermoluminescence dating of the layers, we expect to obtain, for the first time, a secular variation curve for Northern Germany covering the time interval from 1400 to 1800 years AD.
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Keywords
archaeomagnetism, secular variation, germany, kiln
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Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica
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