TY - JOUR
T1 - Combined GPR and ERT exploratory geophysical survey of the Medieval Village of Pancorbo Castle (Burgos, Spain)
AU - Fernández-Álvarez, José Paulino
AU - Rubio-Melendi, David
AU - Quirós Castillo, Juan Antonio
AU - González-Quirós, Andrés
AU - Cimadevilla-Fuente, David
N1 - This research was supported by the project “Peasant agency and social complexity in north-western Iberia in the medieval period” (Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and CompetitivenessAEI/FEDER UE HAR2016-76094-C4-2R), the Research Group in Heritage and Cultural Landscapes (Government of the Basque Country, IT931-16) and the Group of Rural Studies (Unidad AsociadaUPV/EHU-CSIC).
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - Ground-penetrating Radar (GPR) and Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) have been fruitfully employed for archaeological purposes. An area at the Pancorbo medieval site in Burgos (Spain) has been jointly explored by GPR and ERT in the search for the buried remains of the Pancorbo medieval village. After data collection, quality control and merging, a shallow depth of interest was identified and studied in detail. 3D resistivity simulation, considering sensible geometrical structures of the targets helped discover anomalies present in the area. On the other hand, visual GPR inspection was considerably enhanced by trace energy attribute analysis which provided a plan view of the existing anomalies. Two posterior archaeological excavations have a very good correlation between the identified anomalies and the excavated remains. The survey also provides hints for the continuation of the excavation.
AB - Ground-penetrating Radar (GPR) and Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) have been fruitfully employed for archaeological purposes. An area at the Pancorbo medieval site in Burgos (Spain) has been jointly explored by GPR and ERT in the search for the buried remains of the Pancorbo medieval village. After data collection, quality control and merging, a shallow depth of interest was identified and studied in detail. 3D resistivity simulation, considering sensible geometrical structures of the targets helped discover anomalies present in the area. On the other hand, visual GPR inspection was considerably enhanced by trace energy attribute analysis which provided a plan view of the existing anomalies. Two posterior archaeological excavations have a very good correlation between the identified anomalies and the excavated remains. The survey also provides hints for the continuation of the excavation.
KW - Archaeology
KW - Archaeometry
KW - Attribute analysis
KW - ERT
KW - GPR
U2 - 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.07.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.07.002
M3 - Article
VL - 144
SP - 86
EP - 93
JO - Journal of Applied Geophysics
JF - Journal of Applied Geophysics
SN - 0926-9851
ER -