Role in the Network |
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Research Linkage |
Links with Plymouth, UK.
Co-operation with English Heritage
(Archaeometry
Section), Oxford University (Research Lab. Archaeology & History of
Art), numerous
professional archaeological units and trusts.
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Senior Scientist |
Dr.
C. M. Batt
(e-mail: c.m.batt@Bradford.ac.uk,
Tel.: 00441274233533, Fax: 00441274235190)
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Young
researcher |
Dr. Irene Zananiri, Calin Suteu,
Assunta Trapanese
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Projects |
Calin
Suteu
My research project
in Bradford will be concerned upon the theoretical and practical
methodology of constructing the Romanian reference system and also upon
its maintenance, all taking into consideration the examples found in UK
and in Europe mainly. It will also present a side-project concerning
the introduction of this dating method to the Romanian archaeologists
and the establishment of a national system of reporting and collecting
AMS samples from archaeological excavations in progress.
Assunta Trapanese The use of various sampling
techniques for archaeomagnetic dating is a difficult issue in
distinguishing between the errors occurring in the field and those
caused by the laboratory measurement procedures. The current sampling
techniques are applied on four well-dated archaeological sites and on a
modern fire. The geophysical survey will support the detailed sampling
location. The use of magnetic remanence measurements along with
microscopic and granulometric observations will make possible the
comparison between the different collections, in order to define the
guidelines on the best practice of the fieldwork strategy.
Irene Zananiri The currently used British
calibration curve was produced by A.J. Clark et al. in 1988, using
archaeomagnetic measurements from 92 features, over 200 direct
observations of the geomagnetic field and measurements of magnetic
directions from lake sediments. It covers the period from 1000 BC to
1975 AD, and consists of a line drawn freehand through the available
dated points. As it is clear, many uncertainties are incorporated due
to a) Lack of error representation, b) Lack of representation of the
density of data, c) Use of freehand fitting technique. Several new
ideas have been proposed lately in order to create a more reliable
calibration curve. My research project will involve:
a) Collection of all existing UK data, which will be incorporated in the existing dataset. Information about the accuracy of their archaeological date will be included as this matter is crucial about the construction of the curve. b) A thorough research of previous and newly suggested techniques concerning the creation of a calibration curve. c) Several techniques will be applied to the new dataset in order to decide the most appropriate one for the case of the UK. d) An effort to apply the same or a similar approach to the existing Greek data (though much fewer, and mostly intensities). |
Recent Publications |
Tarling, D.H., and C.M. Batt, Archaeomagnetic Applications for the Rescue of Cultural Heritage (Abs.). Contributions to. Geophysics and Geodesy, 134, 154, 2004. Batt, C. M., Preliminary investigations into the acquisition of remanence in archaeological sediments. In: Palaeomagnetism and Diagenesis of Sediments (Eds. Tarling, D.H. and P. Turner), Special Publication of the Geological Society of London, 151, 9-19, 1999. Batt, C.M., The British
archaeomagnetic calibration curve:
an objective treatment, Archaeometry, 39, 153-168, 1997.
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