Evidence · Glozel: the inscribed tablets of the Fradin field

Archaeomagnetic analysis found one of six Glozel ceramics heated twice, and Risø and Oxford obtained dates of about…

Archaeomagnetic analysis found one of six Glozel ceramics heated twice, and Risø and Oxford obtained dates of about 600 BC and AD 830 on the same tablet fragment.

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What it means

Key questionDo the thermoluminescence dates on the Glozel ceramics record the original firing or a later reheating?

2 answers, none ahead yet

Openunchanged

Answer this evidence bears onReheating reset the TL clock on some objects

Supports2 for, none against

Still possibleunchanged

Next steps 1

Add the 2023 Guilaine-Miallier dates and the full 1976 TL sample table to the dates dataset, with sampling surfaces.

~5 h

On: Do the thermoluminescence dates on the Glozel ceramics record the original firing or a later reheating?

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Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes

Sources 3

Archaeomagnetic analyses of six Glozelian ceramic artifacts

Barbetti 1976

SRC

Résumé des recherches effectuées à Glozel entre 1983 et 1990, sous l'égide du ministère de la Culture

Daugas et al. 1995

SRC

The Scientific Analyses of Glozel

Gerard et al. 2004

SRC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Archaeomagnetic analysis found one of six Glozel ceramics heated twice, and Risø and Oxford obtained dates of about… [Evidence EVD0DEDYSG26B06]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDYSG26B06

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  title     = {Archaeomagnetic analysis found one of six Glozel ceramics heated twice, and Risø and Oxford obtained dates of about…},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEDYSG26B06},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDYSG26B06}
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