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Archaeomagnetic dating is the study and interpretation of the signatures of the Earth's magnetic field at past times recorded in archaeological materials. These paleomagnetic signatures are fixed when ferromagnetic materials such as magnetite cool below the Curie point, freezing the magnetic moment of the material in the direction of the local magnetic field at that time. The direction and magnitude of the magnetic field of the Earth at a particular location varies with time, and can be used to constrain the age of materials. In conjunction with techniques such as radiometric dating, the technique can be used to construct and calibrate the geomagnetic polarity time scale. This is one of the dating methodologies used for sites within the last 10,000 years.[1] The method was conceived by E. Thellier in the 1930s[2] and the increased sensitivity of SQUID magnetometers has greatly promoted its use.
- ^ Eighmy, Jeffery; Sternberg, Robert (1990). "Archaeomagnetic Dating". Tucson: The University of Arizona Press.
- ^ Thellier E., 1938 Sur l’aimantation des terres cuites et ses applications geophysiques. Annales de l’Institut de Physique du Globe, 16, 157–302