The contribution of geophysics in the location of prehistoric settlements in Greece

Abstract

Recent maturity in human sense has extended the responsibility of national heritage bodies including extensive areas of archaeological and paleo-environmental landscapes, mostly unmapped from an archaeological perspective. In this respect, in an increasingly scientific age, geophysical prospection of one kind or another is widely regarded as part of the archaeological process, as integral to the interpretation of archaeological sites and landscapes as it is essential to the detection of archaeological features. Table 4.3 Feasibility of using GPR to explore variable archaeological features (after Conyers & Goodman, 1997)………………………………………………………82 XV CHAPTER 2 Electrical Resistivity 2.1

Exploring a prehistoric site for remains of human structures by three‐dimensional seismic tomography

“…The subsurface consists mainly of sandy material with silt and occasional gravels, medium compacted, with an average thickness of 1.5-2.0 m. It is underlain by marly-calcareous sandstone, 3-4 m thick, overlying mica schist. The Greek archaeological service decided to investigate parts of the site by non-destructive methods; this resulted in the application of several geophysical methods, such as magnetic, resistivity imaging Dogan, 2003), and among them, seismic tomography.…”