2026-06-24T13:46:28Zhttps://riubu.ubu.es/oai/requestoai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/45932023-10-11T12:21:19Zcom_10259.4_2560com_10259_5086com_10259_2604col_10259.4_2561
Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
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Carrancho Alonso, Ángel
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Villalaín Santamaria, Juan José
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Vallverdú, Josep
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Carbonell, Eudald
2017-09-08T10:55:14Z
2018-09-01T02:45:06Z
2016-09
1040-6182
http://hdl.handle.net/10259/4593
10.1016/j.quaint.2015.12.083
Archaeomagnetic dating is probably one of the most known applications of magnetic methods to
archaeology but there are others still underutilized and of particular interest to Palaeolithic archaeology.
Here, we report a novel application of archaeomagnetism as a technique to determine temporal diachronies
among combustion features from the same surface within palaeolithic palimpsests. The
approach is based on the subtle directional changes of the Earth's magnetic field through time (secular
variation, SV) and on the ability of burned materials to record such variations under certain conditions.
Three Middle Palaeolithic hearths from level O (ca. 55 ka BP) at the Abric Romaní rock-shelter (NE Spain),
were archaeomagnetically investigated. The studied surface (black homogeneous carbonaceous facies),
recorded the magnetic enhancement produced by fire with a tenfold increase in concentrationdependent
magnetic parameters in the uppermost centimetre with respect to its unburned or deeper
counterparts. Pseudo-single domain (PSD) Ti-low titanomagnetite was identified as the main remanence
carrier. The irreversibility of thermomagnetic curves suggests that these samples did not undergo
enough high temperatures as to record a full thermoremanence (TRM). Additionally, the occasional
occurrence of maghaemitized magnetite is interpreted as an indication of a thermochemical remanent
magnetization (TCRM), making these samples unsuitable for absolute palaeointensity determinations.
Two well-defined (a95 < 5 ) and statistically indistinguishable archaeomagnetic directions were obtained
with their mean directions within their respective confidences circles at the 95% level. The lack of
directional changes and the similarity in the magnetic properties suggest that these hearths recorded
simultaneously or closely confined in time the Earth's magnetic field direction at the time of cooling.
These results agree well with archaeological evidence which indicates a synchronic occupation of this
activity area. The possibility of determining temporal differences among combustion features in prehistoric
sites arises as a promising tool in palimpsest dissection studies and may help to reconstruct
occupation patterns of prehistoric groups. The practical limits of the method are discussed as well as its
potential to identify post-depositional mechanical alteration processes.
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Archaeomagnetism
Diachrony
Hearth
Middle Palaeolithic
Neanderthals
Secular variation
Is it possible to identify temporal differences among combustion features in Middle Palaeolithic palimpsests? The archaeomagnetic evidence: A case study from level O at the Abric Romaní rock-shelter (Capellades, Spain)
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