MAGNETIZATION DATING AT A MEDIEVAL MONASTERY (TUPHOLME,LINCOLNSHIRE)* |
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Authors: | G J BORRADAILE C CAMERON CAMERON J D STEWART D START |
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Institution: | G. J. BORRADAILE,C. CAMERON CAMERON (néeGOULDER),J. D. STEWART,D. START |
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Abstract: | Tupholme Abbey, founded by c. 1166, was constructed of limestone masonry, some of which was reoriented at several times through its history. The limestone progressively acquired a ‘soft’, time-dependent magnetization in the earth's magnetic field—viscous remanent mag-netization (VRM)—that acts like a clock. Although VRM is normally disregarded by geologists because of its ephemeral nature, this remanence is acquired and persists over time-scales that are useful to archaeologists. Successive VRMs were initiated, at different ages of stabilization of the masonry, thus yielding a chronometric curve that allows us to determine, at least relatively, when masonry was installed. |
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Keywords: | BRITAIN LINCOLNSHIRE TUPHOLME MEDIEVAL MONASTIC DISSOLUTION EIGHTEENTH CENTURY MODERN STONE LINCOLN LIMESTONE VISCOUS REMANENT MAGNETIZATION DATING |
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