SC5.9 | How to date using Earth's magnetic field? Tools and basic concepts about the archaeomagnetic dating
How to date using Earth's magnetic field? Tools and basic concepts about the archaeomagnetic dating
Co-organized by EMRP3
Convener: Saioa A. Campuzano | Co-convener: Anita Di Chiara
Mon, 24 Apr, 14:00–15:45 (CEST)|Pre-recorded
Mon, 14:00
Vimeo: SC5.9–How to date using Earth's magnetic field? Tools and basic concepts about the archaeomagnetic dating
This short course addresses the fundaments of archaeomagnetic dating and the most used tools to carry out. Archaeomagnetic dating is a very useful and popular technique to date archaeological artifacts heated to high temperatures (for example, ovens) and volcanic deposits such as lava flows. This technique is based on the use of magnetic field models or paleosecular variation curves that inform about the time evolution of the geomagnetic field in the past. Due to the variability of the geomagnetic field in time and space it is possible to determine the date when the artifacts were heated and cooled for the last time or when the lava flow cooled down, if we know the geomagnetic field behavior around that period of time. Our invited speaker, Dr. F. Javier Pavón-Carrasco is the main developer of the archaeo_dating tool, one of the most widely used tools for archaeomagnetic dating by the scientific community. In this short course, Dr. Pavón-Carrasco will explain the key points of the archaeomagnetic dating and the archaeo_dating software. Then a practical case using the archaeo_dating software will be developed to analyze in detail the correct interpretation of the results. Everyone is welcome to participate in this short course, especially we encourage Early Career Scientists with geomagnetic and paleomagnetic background or curiosity about different techniques used for dating.

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Speaker

  • F. Javier Pavón-Carrasco, IGEO, Spain