ARCHAEOMAGNETIC DATING: 26-27 SOUTHAMPTON STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON
Author(s): Paul Linford
Burnt brickearth from an excavation at 26-27 Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London was sampled for archaeomagnetic dating. The site was known to date from the Saxon period but the archaeomagnetic evidence suggests, instead, a date within the Iron Age. Measurements suggest that the material was not heated sufficiently during firing, leading to predominantly viscous magnetisation. This has subsequently realigned towards the present field direction corrupting the date range deduced.
- Report Number:
- 66/1991
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 12
- Keywords:
- Archaeomagnetism
