Leopold, Matthias and Ploeckl, Thomas and Forstenaicher, Gunter and Voelk, Joerg (2010) Integrating pedological and geophysical methods to enhance the informative value of an archaeological prospection - The example of a Roman villa rustica near Regensburg, Germany. JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 37 (7). pp. 1731-1741. ISSN 0305-4403,
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Geophysical prospection techniques are widely used to visualize the buried past. Various methods such as magnetometry, electric resistance mapping and electric resistivity tomography and ground penetrating radar yield different results. The use of all three techniques in combination with aerial photography interpretation and pedological mapping is highly effective, but it requires a multi-layer approach. This paper presents such a multi-layer approach carried out at a site with buried remnants of a Roman villa rustica in southern Germany. The integration of the various results into a geographical information system leads to a geocodation of all outcomes and a final archaeological interpretation. Several buildings in different states of preservation, different kinds of ground floors both with and without hypocausts, perimeter walls and kilns could all be detected. The soil mapping results helped in the geophysical interpretation by outsourcing soil erosion and accumulation areas. It is shown that none of the employed methods could have supplied all the compiled information on their own, and the strengths and weaknesses of each method is discussed in order to point out the implications for archaeologists. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | SOUTHERN GERMANY; SETTLEMENT; Magnetometry; Electric resistivity; Ground penetrating radar; Aerial photography; Pedology; GIS; Villa rustica |
| Subjects: | 900 History & geography > 900 Geography & history |
| Divisions: | Philosophy, Art History, History, and Humanities > Institut für Geographie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2020 10:37 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2020 10:37 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/24510 |
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