Magnetic moments in the past: Developing archaeomagnetic dating for application in UK archaeology
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Grant Holder:
Dr Cathy Batt
This project follows on from a previous collaboration which established a methodology for using measurements of the past magnetic field of the Earth for dating archaeological materials in the last 4000 years in the UK. The primary aim of this project is to realise the potential of this research by developing its practical application in UK archaeology. There is increasing interest in using archaeomagnetic dating as part of the suite of chronological tools available to archaeologists. However, it has yet to be adopted routinely. This is partly due to a lack of accessible information allowing evaluation of its suitability in specific archaeological circumstances and partly because there is no coordinated, centralised record of existing archaeomagnetic measurements. The project allow users to investigate existing archaeomagnetic measurements and to incorporate new data in the geomagnetic field model, thus improving the technique.
Generation of HTML files from XML data for web-delivery
| Project start date: 2009-04 | Project end date: 2010-05 |
Subject domains:
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| Methods used | Category |
|---|---|
| 2d Scanning and photography | Data capture |
| Accessibility analysis | Strategy and project management |
| Resource sharing | Communication and collaboration |
| Cataloguing and indexing | Data structuring and enhancement |
| Coding and standardisation | Data structuring and enhancement |
| Collating | Data analysis |
| Content analysis | Data analysis |
| Content-based image retrieval | Data analysis |
| Photography | Practice-led research |
| Documentation | Strategy and project management |
| Geo-referencing and projection | Data structuring and enhancement |
| Graphical interaction (synchronous) | Communication and collaboration |
| Prototyping | Strategy and project management |
| Risk management | Strategy and project management |
| Security planning | Strategy and project management |
| Version control | Strategy and project management |
| Textual interaction (asynchronous) | Communication and collaboration |
| Usability analysis | Strategy and project management |
| Web browser scripting | Data publishing and dissemination |
| Curation | Strategy and project management |
| Spatial | Content types |
| Spatial data analysis | Data analysis |
| Collaborative publishing | Data publishing and dissemination |
| archaeology | Discipline |
| text | Content types |
Funding sources:
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Content types created:
Dataset/structured data, Spatial, Still Image/Graphics, Text
Software tools used:
Microsoft Access, MySQL, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat Professional, Adobe Illustrator, Publisher
Source material used:
Wide range of published and unpublished archaeomagnetic data reports including laboratory reports, student projects and peer reviewed literature.
Digital resource created:
A web-based resource and database which collates all existing UK archaeomagnetic data and allows the user to address specific questions, such as the expected errors in a particular period, the suitability of features, and related studies.
Access to digital resource:
Open Access
Data Formats created:
Extensible Markup Language (XML), Microsoft Access Database (MDB), Microsoft Excel Worksheet (XLS)
Metadata standards employed:
Keyhole Markup Language (KML)
Institutions affiliated with this project:
| UK HE institutions involved: |
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| University of Bradford |
| UK HE institutions involved: |
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| English Heritage |
Project staff and expertise:
| Principal staff member: | Dr Cathy Batt, Paul Linford |
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| Other staff: | Postdoctoral researcher(s) / Research assistant(s) |
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| Author(s) of record | Catherine Batt |
| Title | Magnetic moments in the past: Developing archaeomagnetic dating for application in UK archaeology |
| Record created | 2010-07-22 |
| Record updated | 2010-07-22 11:31 |
| URL of record | http://www.arts-humanities.net/node/3720 |
| Citation of record | Catherine Batt: Magnetic moments in the past: Developing archaeomagnetic dating for application in UK archaeology. <http://www.arts-humanities.net/node/3720> created: 2010-07-22, last updated 2010-07-22 11:31 |