Full-vector archaeomagnetic dating of a medieval limekiln at Pinilla Del Valle site (Madrid, Spain)

Archaeomagnetic dating based on the full geomagnetic field vector was carried out on a limekiln excavated at Pinilla del Valle archaeological site (Madrid, Spain). The limekiln tradition in this area is largely documented by historical sources for recent centuries but the date of the studied kiln�...

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Autores: Carrancho Alonso, Ángel, Goguitchaichvili, Avto, Morales Contreras, Juan J., Espinosa Soto, J. A., Villalaín Santamaria, Juan José, Arsuaga, Juan Luis, Baquedano, Enrique, Pérez González, Alfredo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Burgos (UBU)
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos (RIUBU)
OAI Identifier:oai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/4587
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10259/4587
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Archaeomagnetism
Archaeointensity
Secular variation
Thermoremanence
Rock and mineral magnetism
Middle ages
Iberian Peninsula
Magnetism
Paleontology
Magnetismo
Paleontología
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Sumario:Archaeomagnetic dating based on the full geomagnetic field vector was carried out on a limekiln excavated at Pinilla del Valle archaeological site (Madrid, Spain). The limekiln tradition in this area is largely documented by historical sources for recent centuries but the date of the studied kiln's last use was unknown. The combination of mean archaeomagnetic directional and absolute archaeointensity results shows that the kiln was last used between ad 1296 and 1413, in good agreement with two independent radiocarbon dates. This study provides the first archaeomagnetic evidence that the local limekiln tradition dates back to at least late medieval times. Furthermore, the inclusion of these data in the Iberian secular variation curve and geomagnetic field models will help to improve the archaeomagnetic dating technique.