3 comments

  • flimflamm 1 hour ago
    What prevents forgers from generating such magnetic fields? That might be worth while if people start to blindly believing that "pottery frozen magnetic fields are not possible to counterfeit". Note that "not possible to counterfeit" is not a claim in the article.
    • adrian_b 13 minutes ago
      From TFA:

      > “So it’s hard for us to be ahead of the forgers since they can read our papers and figure out ways to trick our methods.”

    • po1nt 55 minutes ago
      I would love to see such counterfeiting. The gear they would need to get and the scientists.
  • mayneack 58 minutes ago
    The method of seems to involve hearing the artifacts which seems plausibly risky for an ancient artifact.
  • profsummergig 41 minutes ago
    can this clue be circumvented by using magnets oriented in a certain way around the workshop while constructing the pottery?
    • comrade1234 21 minutes ago
      There are two fields. The second very weak field is acquired over centuries, I assume when the piece is not moved. The primary stronger field is created when it's first formed. I think what you're talking about would orientate the primary field, not the weak field.
      • skew-aberration 7 minutes ago
        The second field can probably be created by changing the first field while the piece is still cooling down.