Publications by authors named "Mitch Hendrickson"
Extensive spatial and temporal distribution of high-quality data are essential for understanding regional and global behaviors of the geomagnetic field. We carried out chronological and archaeomagnetic studies at the Angkor-era iron-smelting site of Tonle Bak in Cambodia in Southeast Asia, an area with no data available to date. We recovered high-fidelity full-vector geomagnetic information from the 11th to 14th century for this region, which fill gaps in the global distribution of data and will significantly improve the global models.
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- Architecture serves as crucial evidence for understanding dynastic practices and changes in archaeology, particularly with the iconic temples of medieval Angkor in Cambodia.
- The Baphuon temple is vital for providing context around its construction and the significant modifications made, representing shifts from Hindu-Mahayana Buddhism to Theravada Buddhism.
- New AMS radiocarbon dating methods have offered direct evidence indicating that both the temple's construction and its transformation occurred much earlier than previously thought, altering established historical assumptions about the political and architectural developments of the region.