Title:
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Archaeological and archaeomagnetic dating at a site from the ager Tarraconensis (Tarragona, Spain): El Vila-sec Roman pottery
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Author:
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Prevosti, Marta; Casas, Lluís; Roig Pérez, Josep Francesc; Fouzai, Boutheina; Álvarez Pérez, A. (Aurelio); Pitarch i Martí, Àfrica
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Abstract:
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A very accurate archaeological dating of a Roman site in NE Spain (El Vila-sec) was made based on the
typology of pottery artifacts. Three different phases were identifi ed with activity ranging from the mid-
1st century BC to the early-3rd century AD. Analyses of bricks from kilns at El Vila-sec produced data on
their stored archaeomagnetic vector. These data were compared with the secular variation curve for the
Iberian Peninsula and the SCHA.DIF.3K regional archaeomagnetic model. Both, the reference curve and
the model, produced probability distributions for the final period of use for two kilns from the second
archaeological phase that were not used during the third phase. At a 95% con fidence level, both time
distributions cover a wide chronological range including the presumed archaeological age. Both the
Iberian secular variation curve and the SCHA.DIF.3K regional model proved to be suitable models for
dating the site, although on their own they do not produce a single unambiguous solution. This
archaeomagnetic approach could also be applied to neighbouring archaeological sites that have an
imprecise archaeological age. |
Publication date:
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2013 |
Subject (UDC):
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90 - Arqueologia. Prehistòria |
Subject(s):
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Ceràmica romana |
Rights:
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Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Pages:
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16 p. |
Document type:
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Article |
DOI:
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10.1016/j.jas.2013.01.027
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Collection:
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Journal of Archaeological Science;40
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