2026-05-17T08:35:06Zhttps://riubu.ubu.es/oai/requestoai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/116062026-05-15T11:33:26Zcom_10259.4_2560com_10259_5086com_10259_2604col_10259.4_2561
The First Archaeomagnetic Age at Tiwanaku and Implications for Dating Andean Metallurgical Furnaces
Río del Río, Judit del
Cruz, Pablo
Gómez Paccard, Miriam
Palencia Ortas, Alicia
Puente Borque, Marina
Pavón Carrasco, Francisco Javier
Marsh, Erik
Andean archaeology
Archaeomagnetic dating
Archaeomagnetism
Archaeometallurgy
Furnace
Pre-Hispanic Bolivia
Datación arqueológica
Arqueología-Metodología
Archaeological dating
Archaeology-Methodology
This paper presents the first archaeomagnetic dating at Tiwanaku (Andean Altiplano). We compared the geomagnetic field val-ues recorded by a metallurgical furnace against an updated SHAWQ2k-SH global model and a regional intensity curve, both ofwhich include, for the first time, high-quality intensity data from the Southern Hemisphere. Results place the furnace's last use in450–740 ce, and the decorated ceramic chronology at the site further constrains it to 570–740 ce, with maximum probability dur-ing the mid-late 600 s. This marks a significant methodological advance for Andean archaeometallurgy, addressing challengesposed by thermoluminescence and radiocarbon dating in the region.
This work was supported by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, PID2020-113316GB-100, PID2024-159020NB-100, and Consejo Superior de
Investigaciones Científicas, COOPB23002.
Open access funding provided by FEDER European Funds and the Junta De Castilla y León under the Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization (RIS3) of Castilla y León 2021-2027
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Archaeometry. 2026, V. 68, n. 3, p. 317-329
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