Global archaeomagnetic data: The state of the art and future challenges

MC Brown, G Hervé, M Korte, A Genevey - Physics of the Earth and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Archaeomagnetic data are fundamental for our understanding of the evolution of Earth's
magnetic field on centennial to millennial timescales. From the earliest studies of the …

Recurrent ancient geomagnetic field anomalies shed light on future evolution of the South Atlantic Anomaly

A Nilsson, N Suttie, JS Stoner… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The strength of the geomagnetic field has decreased rapidly over the past two centuries,
coinciding with an increasing field asymmetry due to the growth of the South Atlantic …

Speleothem magnetism

I Lascu, JM Feinberg - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
The magnetic recordings preserved in calcite speleothems and the nature of their
constituent magnetic minerals hold enormous potential for paleomagnetic and …

Exploring geomagnetic variations in ancient Mesopotamia: Archaeomagnetic study of inscribed bricks from the 3rd–1st millennia BCE

MD Howland, L Tauxe, S Gordin… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
This study presents 32 high-resolution geomagnetic intensity data points from Mesopotamia,
spanning the 3rd to the 1st millennia BCE. These data contribute to rectifying geographic …

GEOMAGIA50. v3: 1. General structure and modifications to the archeological and volcanic database

MC Brown, F Donadini, M Korte, A Nilsson… - Earth, Planets and …, 2015 - Springer
Background GEOMAGIA50. v3 is a comprehensive online database providing access to
published paleomagnetic, rock magnetic, and chronological data from a variety of materials …

A new chronological framework for Iron Age copper production at Timna (Israel)

E Ben-Yosef, R Shaar, L Tauxe… - Bulletin of the American …, 2012 - journals.uchicago.edu
This paper presents the results of the 2009 excavations at Site 30 in the Timna Valley, Israel.
The results, coupled with a suite of 11 new radiocarbon dates, fix the chronology of the site …

Archaeomagnetism in the Levant and Mesopotamia reveals the largest changes in the geomagnetic field

R Shaar, Y Gallet, Y Vaknin, L Gonen… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of geomagnetic field intensity prior to the era of direct instrumental
measurements relies on paleointensity analysis of rocks and archaeological materials that …

Large geomagnetic field anomalies revealed in Bronze to Iron Age archeomagnetic data from Tel Megiddo and Tel Hazor, Israel

R Shaar, L Tauxe, H Ron, Y Ebert, S Zuckerman… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Geomagnetic field measurements from the past few centuries show heightened secular
variation activity in the southern hemisphere associated with the south Atlantic anomaly …

Reconstructing biblical military campaigns using geomagnetic field data

Y Vaknin, R Shaar, O Lipschits… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The Hebrew Bible and other ancient Near Eastern texts describe Egyptian, Aramean,
Assyrian, and Babylonian military campaigns to the Southern Levant during the 10th to sixth …

Two archaeomagnetic intensity maxima and rapid directional variation rates during the Early Iron Age observed at Iberian coordinates. Implications on the evolution of …

ML Osete, A Molina-Cardín, SA Campuzano… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Variations of geomagnetic field in the Iberian Peninsula prior to Late Iron Age times are
poorly constrained. Here we report 14 directional and 10 palaeointensity results from an …