Magnetic gradient and ground penetrating radar prospecting of buried earthen archaeological remains at the Qocho City site in Turpan, China

Shi, Zhanjie; Tang, Gang; Hobbs, Richard; Wo, Haowei; Lin, Jin; Wu, Leyuan; Liu, Haiyan

doi:10.3997/1873-0604.2015033

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“…Several methods have been systematically described in the literature that provide useful results to map the subsurface archaeological features in a non-invasive way, through the use of electromagnetic methods [26,27], magnetometry [28][29][30], electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) [31][32][33][34], ground penetrating radar (GPR) [35][36][37][38][39] or a combination of these methods [40][41][42][43]. In the contexts studied, ERT and GPR were preferred over other methods.…”

Section: Geophysical Prospectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Geophysical and Geomatic Methods for the Knowledge, Conservation, and Management of Jordanian Cultural Heritage

Angelini,

Cozzolino,

Gabrielli

et al. 2023

Geosciences

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Jordan has a complex history that has left tangible traces in numerous archaeological sites scattered throughout the country. This unique heritage of inestimable cultural value must be documented, thoroughly researched, and protected in order to prevent its destruction and loss. In this context, knowledge and documentation can be achieved through the application of non-destructive geophysical and geomatic methods. This work represents a synthesis of the results of twenty years of projects carried out at the archaeological sites of Basta, Petra, Um-Hamat (Karak), Umm ar-Rasas, Wu’Ayra, Madaba, and Shawbak. This study enables the exploration of new buried structures in the ground and the documentation of the state of preservation of the structures. It provides an up-to-date overview of Jordan’s rich archaeological heritage and supports restoration projects.

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Section: Geophysical Prospectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Geophysical and Geomatic Methods for the Knowledge, Conservation, and Management of Jordanian Cultural Heritage

Angelini,

Cozzolino,

Gabrielli

et al. 2023

Geosciences

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“…2). In our experiment, the goal is to image the archaeological remains buried in near surface layers, such as the ancient wall and paleo-channel which are common in archaeological prospection (Shi et al, 2015). The model consists of 20 × 20 × 10 cubic cells with the same edge length of 1 m. Two rectangular anomalies spaced 2 m apart are generated and have the same length of 10 m, width of 2 m, thickness of 2 m and burial depth of 2 m (Fig.…”

Section: Synthetic Examplementioning

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3-D cross-gradient joint inversion of seismic refraction and DC resistivity data

Shi

Hobbs

Moorkamp

et al. 2017

Journal of Applied Geophysics

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2017) '3-D cross-gradient joint inversion of seismic refraction and DC resistivity data.', Journal of applied geophysics., 141 . pp. 54-67.Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. ABSTRACTWe present a 3-D cross-gradient joint inversion algorithm for seismic refraction and DC resistivity data. The structural similarity between seismic slowness and resistivity models is enforced by a cross-gradient term in the objective function that also includes misfit and regularization terms. A limited memory quasi-Newton approach is used to perform the optimization of the objective function. To validate the proposed methodology and its implementation, tests were performed on a typical archaeological geophysical synthetic model. The results show that the inversion model and physical parameters estimated by our joint inversion method are more consistent with the true model than those from single inversion algorithm. Moreover, our approach appears to be more robust in conditions of noise. Finally, the 3-D cross-gradient joint inversion algorithm was applied to the field data from Lin_an ancient city site in Hangzhou of China. The 3-D cross-gradient joint inversion models are consistent with the archaeological excavation results of the ancient city wall remains. However, by single inversion, seismic slowness model does not show the anomaly of city wall remains and resistivity model does not fit well with the archaeological excavation results. Through these comparisons, we conclude that the proposed algorithm can be used to jointly invert 3-D seismic refraction and DC resistivity data to reduce the uncertainty brought by single inversion scheme.

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“…Geophysical techniques are widely used to investigate the subsoil for the detection of features of archaeological interest (Deiana, Leucci, & Martorana, 2018; Gaffney, 2008; Liu, Shi, Wang, & Yu, 2018; Shi et al, 2015; Shi, Hobbs, Max, Tian, & Jiang, 2017). Tombs are common archaeological detection objects and geophysical methods are usually used to investigate their location (Atya et al, 2005; Oh, Abdallatif, & Suh, 2008; Piscitelli et al, 2007; Rabbel et al, 2015) and to detect their internal structure (Booth, Szpakowska, Pischikova, & Griffin, 2015; Kamei, Marukawa, Kudo, Nishimura, & Nakai, 2000; Nuzzo, Leucci, & Negri, 2009; Pipan, Baradello, Forte, & Finetti, 2001; Rodrigues, Porsani, Santos, DeBlasis, & Giannini, 2009; Sarris et al, 2007).…”

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Investigate the layout and age of a large‐scale mausoleum in Hangzhou, China using combined geophysical technologies and archaeological documents

Shi

Ming-xian³

2020

Archaeological Prospection

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Geophysical techniques are used to detect mounds and burial chambers, but detecting the shape and layout of large mausoleums containing main tombs and ancillary facilities is a developing field. The shape and layout of mausoleums are closely related to cultural practices. In this study, integrated geophysical technologies were used to survey a large-scale mausoleum in Hangzhou, China. The layout of the main tomb was deduced from magnetic gradient measurements, and the depth and scale were inferred from electrical resistivity tomography (ERT). The location and burial depth of ancillary facilities, including the mausoleum path, were characterized using the depth (time) slice of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) three-dimensional (3D) attribute analysis. An integrated interpretation of geophysical results combined with archaeological documents provides the plan and section layouts of the mausoleum. Based on integrated analyses and archaeological documents, the age of the mausoleum was inferred (middle to late Southern Song Dynasty). Subsequent test excavations partly confirmed the results and showed that the combination of geophysical technologies and archaeological documents are effective and valuable for detecting large-scale mausoleums.

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Magnetic gradient and ground penetrating radar prospecting of buried earthen archaeological remains at the Qocho City site in Turpan, China

Cited by 8 publications

References 27 publications

Geophysical and Geomatic Methods for the Knowledge, Conservation, and Management of Jordanian Cultural Heritage

Geophysical and Geomatic Methods for the Knowledge, Conservation, and Management of Jordanian Cultural Heritage

3-D cross-gradient joint inversion of seismic refraction and DC resistivity data

Investigate the layout and age of a large‐scale mausoleum in Hangzhou, China using combined geophysical technologies and archaeological documents

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