INSULA IX, SILCHESTER, HAMPSHIRE, ARCHAEOMAGNETIC DATING REPORT, 1998
Author(s): Paul Linford
Five burnt clay surfaces were discovered during the Reading University excavations of Insula IX at the Roman town of Silchester in Hampshire. These were sampled for archaeomagnetic dating and three produced dates in the late Roman period. Unfortunately, the precision of the date ranges derived from the results was poor owing to the degree of scattering of remanent magnetisation directions in the individual samples and the slow movement of the geomagnetic north pole during the late Roman period. The other two features were undatable by archaeomagnetic means owing either to disturbance since firing or not attaining a sufficient temperature during use.
- Report Number:
- 63/2000
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 41
- Keywords:
- Archaeomagnetism
