Université de Fribourg

Reconstructing the geomagnetic field in west africa: first absolute intensity results from Burkina Faso

Kapper, Lisa ; Donadini, Fabio ; Serneels, Vincent ; Tema, Evdokia ; Goguitchaichvili, Avto ; Morales, Juan Julio

In: Scientific Reports, 2017, vol. 7, p. 45225

We present absolute geomagnetic intensities from iron smelting furnaces discovered at the metallurgical site of Korsimoro, Burkina Faso. Up to now, archaeologists recognized four different types of furnaces based on different construction methods, which were related to four subsequent time periods. Additionally, radiocarbon ages obtained from charcoal confine the studied furnaces to ages...