Integrated seismic tomography and ground-penetrating radar (GPR) for the high-resolution study of burial mounds (tumuli)

Geophysical investigation of tumuli by means of surface 3D Electrical Resistivity Tomography

“…Values larger or smaller than the value r = 5 are common in actual situations, but this value is within the limits reported in the international literature based on the dimension measurements of existing tumuli (e.g. Tsokas et al, 1995;Astin et al, 2007;Forte and Pipan, 2008).…”

“…The observed time delays on the arrivals of the head waves reflected the position of the ramp which was dug in the undisturbed soil to construct the tomb. Seismic tomography is an alternative method to identify man-made structures inside a tumulus (Polymenakos et al, 2004;Forte and Pipan, 2008).…”

Archaeology and Geophysics: Invincible Couple

“…These methods include the radiometric method [17], the gravity method [18], and the seismic method [19,20]. In certain conditions, some of these methods are the only suitable tool for archaeological investigations.…”

Applying GPR-amplitude wave maps and Am-scans as a semi-quantitative approach to the internal structure of sediments

“…The most relevant application field has been the identification of archaeological structures (Conyers, 2004;Conyers and Goodman, 1997;Conyers and Cameron, 2006;Ernenwein, 2006;Forte and Pipan, 2008;Goodman, 1996;Goodman and Nishimura, 1993;Goodman et al, 1995Goodman et al, , 1998Gracia et al, 2007;Grealy, 2006;Leckebusch, 2000;Leucci and Negri, 2006;Pipan et al, 1992;Shaaban and Shaaban, 2001) or location and analysis of graves (Doolittle and Bellantoni, 2010) within others. This semi-quantitative approach is based on the search for strong dielectric changes related to walls, roads, or other anthropogenic materials that usually develop hyperbolic anomalies in GPR-profiles (anomalies related to the sharp dielectric changes).…”