Naslov
Detecting late antique/early Medieval architectural transformations in Roman settlement sites on the eastern Adriatic using innovative geophysical ADC method

Autori
Welc, Fabian ; Konestra, Ana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Housing in Late Antique Mediterranean. 4th CISEM International Congress. Abstract / Baldini, Isabella ; Sfameni, Carla ; Valero Tévar, Miguel Angel - Cuenca : Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 2022, 66-66

Skup
Housing in Late Antique Mediterranean. 4th CISEM International Congress

Mjesto i datum
Cuenca, Španjolska, 06.11.2022. - 09.11.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
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Ključne riječi
Late Antiquity ; rural architecture ; changes in settlement

Sažetak
For the last few decades ground-penetrating radar has been successfully applied in archaeological surveys of past architecture. Despite limitations such as debris layers, plant cover, still standing walls and other structures limiting available measurement area, properly performed GPR survey, even on a small area, can yield significant information concerning underground architectural remains. While GPR allows to successfully detect layout and depth of underground features it is not informative on materials and other properties. Only when supplemented with magnetometry it is possible to determine their physical nature, especially in the case of different burnt features, accumulations of ashes, furnaces and so- called negative features (holes, pits, etc). In other words, integration of these two geophysical method gives an insight into stratigraphy, transformations and physical structure (materials) of the underground architectural relicts. A method with which results obtained from GPR and magnetometry surveys can be successfully integrated, the Amplitude Data Comparison Method, was recently created. By presenting several case studies yielding from the Eastern Adriatic, the successful application of ADC allowed to detect late antique/early Medieval changes and subsequent use and transformations of Roman architectural complexes, mostly villas but also in (sub)urban areas. Processing methods and several types of results' visualizations will be illustrated, especially in those cases where wider research, such as historic sources, legacy data, field survey and subsequent excavations allowed to check the validity of the proposed procedures. Finally, it will be shown how the application of ADC can be successfully used for targeted excavations of those site's areas where the most comprehensive and complex architectural stratigraphy can be expected, but also to possible craft or production areas, that is how geophysics can be used not only as a preliminary tool, but also as a source for better understanding of wider archaeological areas and their diachronic change

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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