The pre‐Roman hilltop settlement of Monte Torretta di Pietragalla: preliminary results of the geophysical survey

The first results of the field survey of Ayios Vasilios in Laconia (Greece). At Ayios Vasilios, remains of a Late Bronze Age palatial site have been identified by means of geophysical survey and excavations. The Ayios Vasilios Survey Project was initiated in 2015, among other things to investigate the extent and spatial development of the site though time. In this article, the preliminary results of the pedestrian field survey of the site are presented. The survey data show that pre-Mycenaean habitation at the site was of limited extent. The settlement expanded rapidly in the Late Helladic III period, but also the Mycenaean palatial settlement was small compared to other known palatial settlements: ca 5-6 ha. The rapid expansion and limited size may be better understood when contextualized with social and political developments in the Sparta Basin.

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Preliminary results of an integrated archaeo-geophysical survey on the basis of ancient finds unearthed by an illegal excavation at Kılıç Ören site (Isparta, Turkey)

Archaeological Prospection ◽

10.1002/arp.1702 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (3) ◽

pp. 197-207 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sedat Yilmaz ◽

Erdinc Oksum ◽

Olcay Cakmak ◽

Onur Dogan ◽

Erkan Tekelioğlu

Keyword(s):

Geophysical Survey ◽

Preliminary Results

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PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM A GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY ON A LARGE DEPRESSION IN THE PENNSYLVANIAN CLASTIC CAPROCK OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU

10.1130/abs/2016am-287292 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Amy L. Brock-Hon ◽

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Kevin D. Hon

Keyword(s):

Geophysical Survey ◽

Cumberland Plateau ◽

Preliminary Results

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Bulla Regia I: a new church and Christian cemetery

Libyan Studies ◽

10.1017/lis.2018.18 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 49 ◽

pp. 187-197 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Moheddine Chaouali ◽

Corisande Fenwick ◽

Dirk Booms

Keyword(s):

Geophysical Survey ◽

Seventh Century ◽

Late Antique ◽

Preliminary Results ◽

Complex Landscape ◽

The Church

AbstractThis paper reports the preliminary results from two short seasons of fieldwork that the Tunisian–British Bulla Regia Archaeological Report was able to undertake in September 2016 and 2017. In 2016, the work focused on a geophysical survey of the western cemetery and revealed a complex landscape of funerary enclosures and mausolea outside the protected boundaries of the site, likely to be of Roman date. In 2017, photogrammetric techniques were used to record and plan a Late Antique church and cemetery that was discovered during a rescue excavation in 2010. The church consists of three naves and a series of funerary annexes, which contained burials covered by mosaic or stone epitaphs, including those marking the graves of two bishops and two priests. The church is surrounded by an extensive cemetery with a variety of different tomb types, such as mosaic caissons and simple stepped masonry tombs. The mosaics, inscriptions and finds (ceramics, glass, coins) support a fourth to sixth/seventh century date for the church and cemetery.

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Geophysical and palynological investigations of the Tell El Dabaa archaeological site, Nile Delta, Egypt

Antiquity ◽

10.1017/s0003598x00089249 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 75 (290) ◽

pp. 735-744 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Salah Y. El Beialy ◽

Kevin J. Edwards ◽

Ahmed S. El-Mahmoudi

Keyword(s):

Sedimentation Rate ◽

Nile Delta ◽

Archaeological Site ◽

Geophysical Survey ◽

Preliminary Results ◽

High Sedimentation Rate ◽

High Sedimentation ◽

Palynological Study ◽

Channel Deposits

The authors present preliminary results of geophysical and palynological reconnaissance at the Tell El Dabaa, eastern Nile Delta. The geophysical survey reveals the presence of floodbasins, levees and channel deposits. Low palynomorph concentrations probably result from the high sedimentation rate and mean that further work is needed on the methods for palynological study in the region.

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GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY AT THE OMALOS PLATEAU, CHANIA, CRETE

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece ◽

10.12681/bgsg.16463 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 1204

Author(s):

Α. Βαφείδης ◽

Μ. Μανούτσογλου ◽

H. Hamdan ◽

Ν. Ανδρονικίδης ◽

Μ. Κουκαδάκη ◽

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Keyword(s):

Electrical Resistivity ◽

Seismic Refraction ◽

Geophysical Methods ◽

Geophysical Survey ◽

Electrical Tomography ◽

Preliminary Results ◽

The Third ◽

High Electrical Resistivity ◽

Electrical Mapping ◽

Karstic Features

This paper discusses the preliminary results of a geophysical survey that was carried out at the Omalos plateau in Chania, Crete. The geophysical survey included measurements of electrical tomography, electrical mapping, seismic refraction, georadar, VLF and gravity. The aim of this survey is to compare the results from different geophysical methods used in imaging dolines and karstic features. The processing of the measurements indicates three geoelectrical layers. The first layer of extremely high electrical resistivity is attributed to alluvial - dilluvial deposits. The second layer of very low electrical resistivity reflects mainly the presence of marls. Finally, the third geoelectrical layer outlines the carbonate bedrock, whose relief appears highly irregular. The comparison of all geophysical methods leads to the same results, concerning the detection of dolines and karstic anomalies at the Omalos plateau.

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