Borradaile, G. John., Lagroix, F., Maher, L., Stewart, J., Lane, T., Linford, N. T. and Linford, P. K. (1999). Attempts to date salt-making activity in Iron Age Britain using magnetic inclinations. J Archaeol Sci 26 (11). Vol 26(11), pp. 1377-1389.

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Title:		 Attempts to date salt-making activity in Iron Age Britain using magnetic inclinations
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Issue:		 J Archaeol Sci 26 (11)
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Series:		 Journal of Archaeological Science
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Volume:		 26 (11)
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Page Start/End:		 1377 - 1389
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Publication Type:		 Journal
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Abstract:		 `Briquetage' describes all the ceramic equipment used in extracting sea salt in prehistoric and Roman Europe. It includes semi-cylindrical desiccating troughs and the stands, supports and clips used to stabilise them over hearths. In many cases, the baked hearth linings or superstructures are included under `briquetage'. Upon first inspection, Archaeomagnetic dating seems inappropriate because the briquetage is broken and disoriented material. Although the ancient magnetic declination cannot be referred to the present North direction, the desiccating troughs acted as water-level gauges so that a tilt correction permits one to estimate the archaeoinclination. The range of inclinations brackets the age of the saltern use within the last two centuries BC. This is compatible with ceramic styles and two radiocarbon ages of charcoal from a supposedly contemporaneous hearth. The archeodeclination of 7° (95=10°) from a contemporary in situ hearth confirms this age range. Thus, the Lincolnshire salterns are attributed to Late Iron Age activity. The palaeosecular variation for southern Britain over the last two millennia is sufficiently characteristic in many time periods to permit the use of inclinations alone to bracket ages. This requires material with some original horizontal reference, eg masonry fragments, disrupted sedimentary layers or pot-bases.
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Author:		 Graham John Borradaile
F Lagroix
L Maher
Jason Stewart ORCID icon
Tom Lane
Neil T Linford ORCID icon
Paul K Linford ORCID icon
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Year of Publication:		 1999
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Salt (Auto Detected Subject)
Ceramic (Auto Detected Subject)
Hearth (Auto Detected Subject)
Tilt Correction Permits (Auto Detected Subject)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
Emphin Situ Hearth (Auto Detected Subject)
LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
Potbases (Auto Detected Subject)
Radiocarbon Ages Of Charcoal (Auto Detected Subject)
PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
Briquetage (Auto Detected Subject)
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Created Date:		 20 Jan 2002