Department of Earth Sciences, Geophysical Laboratory, University of Aarhus, Denmark (UAA)

Role in the Network
  • Main speciality research areas: Archaeological construction, geomagnetic secular variation and databases, bulding orientation analysis and interpretation.
  • Other factors: Long record of training in archaeomagnetism, Extensive archaeomagnetic studies in northern Europe and external to Europe.
Research Linkage

Links with Centres National de la Recherche Scientifique, Franceö Institute of Prehistory and Medieval Studies, Moesgaard, Denmark. Also links to palaeomagnetic groups in Warsaw, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Stockholm, Trondheim and Milan.

Senior Scientist
Assoc. Prof. N. Abrahamsen (e-mail: Abraham@geo.au.dk, Tel.: 004589424335, Fax: 004586101003)
Young researcher
Dr. Clare Peters (finished, now at University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK)
Project

Recent Publications
Abrahamsen, N., Jacobsen, B.H., Koppelt, U., de Lasson, P., Smekalova, T. and O. Voss, Archaeomagnetic investigations of Iron age slags in Denmark, Archaeological Prospection, 10, 91-100, 2003.
First Annual Report

Riisager, P. and N. Abrahamsen, Paleomagnetic Errors related to Sample Shape and Inhomogeneity. Earth Planets & Space 55, 83-91, 2003.

Riisager, P., Abrahamsen, N. and J. Rytter, Research Report: Magnetic investigations and the age of a Medieval kiln at Kungahälla (South-west Sweden). Archaeometry 45, 665-674, 2003.


Gram-Jensen, M., Abrahamsen, N. and A. Chauvin, Archaeomagnetic intensity in Denmark, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 25, 525-531, 2000.

Koppelt, U., Abrahamsen, N., Dittrich, G., Frandsen, J. and P. de Lasson, Micromagnetic investigations of medieval settlement structures at Kalø castle (Denmark), Journal of Applied Geophysics,  41, 145-156, 1999.
Web-Link
http://www.geo.au.dk/english/facilities/lab/palaomag/index.html