Seeing the Unseen. Geophysics and Landscape Archaeology

ISBN-13: 9780415447218 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 331 str.

Stefano Campana;Salvatore Piro

Opis

Bringing together the experience of some of the world's greatest experts in the field of archaeological prospection, the focus of this book is not so much on the analysis of single buried structures, but more on researching the entire landscapes in all its multi-period complexity.

Spis treści

List of lecturers. List of students. Program of the school. Preface. Introduction. Acknowledgments. Theoretical Section. Introduction to landschape archaeology, mapping and geophysical prospection. Electrical methods. Magnetic methods, Electromagnetic methods. Ground penetrating radar. Field Work Section. Author index. Colour plates.

O autorze

Stefano Campana is lecturer in Landscape Archaeology at the University of Siena, Italy. His research focuses on past landscapes through the integration of a wide range of methodologies, including remote sensing techniques and new technologies, field walking survey and archaeological excavation.

Salvatore Piro (CNR Italy – ITABC) is lecturer of Geophysics applied to Archaeology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, and is specialized in the application of GPR, Magnetometry and electrical resistivity in archaeological research.