Naslov
Geophysics in the studies of late Prehistory

Autori
Mušič, Branko ; Potrebica, Hrvoje ; Črešnar, Matija

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

Izvornik
19th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists - 2013, Pilsen, Czech Republic / Turek, Jan - Plzeň : University of West Bohemia, 2013, 111-111

ISBN
978-80-261-0255-7

Skup
19th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists

Mjesto i datum
Pilsen, Češka Republika, 04.09.2013. - 08.09.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Plenarno

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
geophysics; Bronze Age; Iron Age

Sažetak
In the recent years remote sensing has made enormous progress when it comes to dealing with archaeological heritage throughout Europe and beyond. Projects including aerial imagery, lidar scanning and geophysics, and also integrated studies, are increasingly covering vast areas and are producing enormous amount of data. Landscape archaeology is thus becoming one of the most fast-developing fields within archaeology. However, although trying to understand the whole landscape in all its depth, it is easy to forget that we are dealing with a palimpsest of imprints, which we have to understand as separate time-slices to open the gates to individual phases of its formation. Focusing on geophysics, which incorporates a wide range of different techniques and methods, we can observe at least two different ways forward. One of them is heading towards the extensive collection of data, where we are encountering deficits in thorough data analysis, whereas the goals of the other are accuracy and precision when it comes to identifying buried archaeological structures. When dealing with the Bronze and the Iron Age in the most regions of Europe, we come across diversified landscapes, which are followed by distinctive archaeological monuments which are in the most cases perfectly adapted to their environments. However, it is not only the better known hillforts and burial mounds known from the Iron Age in many parts of Europe that are important ; there is much more that was and still is forming the (pre)historical landscapes. We invite contributions which examine the ways geophysics can be used in researching late prehistoric landscapes. Geophysics works as an independent method or as a part of integrated studies, dealing with wider landscapes, the complementary use of different techniques, with specific research questions.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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