Archaeological Prospection

Application of Planimetric Models of Satellite Imagery to Study Pre‐Hispanic Water Management Systems in the Southern Puna, Argentina Studying pre-Hispanic agricultural landscapes requires large-scale spatial analysis and detailed slope assessment to understand water management systems. Remote sensing and photo-interpretation techn...

New in ARP: "Application of Planimetric Models of Satellite Imagery to Study Pre-Hispanic Water Management Systems in the Southern Puna, Argentina"

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A Multisensor Remote Sensing Approach to Archaeological Prospection: Integrating UAV and Google Earth Data in the Bayan Gol Valley, Mongolia This study investigates the effectiveness of drone-based remote sensing and Google Earth satellite imagery for archaeological prospection in the Bayan Gol Valley, Central Mongolia. Utilizing a fixed-...

New in ARP: "A Multisensor Remote Sensing Approach to Archaeological Prospection: Integrating UAV and Google Earth Data in the Bayan Gol Valley, Mongolia"
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Geophysical Investigations at the Artemision at Amarynthos of Euboea (Greece) A combination of resistivity mapping and three-dimensional electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) was used to investigate the subsurface of the sanctuary of Artemis Amarysia in Amarynthos, Euboea (G...

New in ARP: "Geophysical Investigations at the Artemision at Amarynthos of Euboea (Greece)"
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Survey and Sequence Strategies for Full‐3D Electrical Resistivity Tomography in Archaeological Sites: A Case Study on a Domus of the Roman Town of Augusta Bagiennorum (NW Italy) Preliminary geophysical investigations are a cost-effective and efficient way to screen archaeological sites and locate buried structures. Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is one of the most widely use...

New in ARP: "Survey and Sequence Strategies for Full-3D Electrical Resistivity Tomography in Archaeological Sites: A Case Study on a Domus of the Roman Town of Augusta Bagiennorum (NW Italy)"

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Hiding in Plain Sight: Rethinking the Size and Complexity of Iron Age Hillforts in NW Iberia Thanks to Aerial Archaeology and Geophysics This paper tackles one key limitation in the analysis of Iron Age communities in the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula: the limited exploration of areas beyond the fortified settlements known as castros...

New in ARP: "Hiding in Plain Sight: Rethinking the Size and Complexity of Iron Age Hillforts in NW Iberia Thanks to Aerial Archaeology and Geophysics."

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Uncovering Archaeological Treasures at Saruq al‐Hadid, UAE: Insights From Ground Penetrating Radar and Magnetic Data Saruq al-Hadid, located at the edge of the Rub Al-Khali desert near Dubai's southern border with Abu Dhabi, is among the region's richest archaeological sites. Renowned for its historical role in met...

New in ARP: "Uncovering Archaeological Treasures at Saruq al-Hadid, UAE: Insights From Ground Penetrating Radar and Magnetic Data"
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Past Water Futures: A Digital Survey of Prehispanic Dams in the Central Andes Water is essential for life on earth. This is true in the present as it was in the past. Water scarcity and concomitant climate change are increasingly seen as the main threat to human economies acro...

New in ARP: "Past Water Futures: A Digital Survey of Prehispanic Dams in the Central Andes"
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Imaging Cultural Heritage in Very Shallow Nearshore Areas Using Seismic Refraction Tomography and Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves: A Synthetic and Real Data Study Geophysical methods play a vital role in archaeology, particularly in the discovery and preservation of cultural heritage. Despite their extensive application in terrestrial settings, their use in ve...

New in ARP: "Imaging Cultural Heritage in Very Shallow Nearshore Areas Using Seismic Refraction Tomography and Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves: A Synthetic and Real Data Study"
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Artificial Intelligence in Archaeological Geophysics: Testing ChatGPT‐4o on Magnetometer Data From Sapallitepa (Uzbekistan) Archaeogeophysical prospection methods have become essential for the preparation and implementation of archaeological projects. This study evaluates the potential of ChatGPT-4o, a large language mode....

New in ARP: "Artificial Intelligence in Archaeological Geophysics: Testing ChatGPT-4o on Magnetometer Data From Sapallitepa (Uzbekistan)"

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Archaeological Prospection: Vol 32, No 3 Archaeological Prospection is an interdisciplinary archaeological journal covering all urban, rural and marine environments, and promoting international collaboration.

The latest issue of ARP is now published. It contains 15 articles and 1 book review!
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Deciphering Neolithic Habitation in Aegean Thrace Through Geophysical Prospection Surveys Despite the relatively extensive archaeological research conducted in Greece focusing on the Neolithic period, Aegean Thrace remains one of the least studied regions. To address this gap, the MAPFARM...

New in ARP: "Deciphering Neolithic Habitation in Aegean Thrace Through Geophysical Prospection Surveys"
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Pre‐Excavation Identification and Dating of Iron Age Destruction Events To maximize extracted data while minimizing excavated areas, archaeologists increasingly use archaeological surveys, geophysical surveys and remote sensing to gain comprehensive regional pictures and...

New in ARP: "Pre-Excavation Identification and Dating of Iron Age Destruction Events."
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Geophysical Prospecting for the Detection of Buried and Shallow Submerged Archaeological Sites of Roman Period in the Lagoon of Venice (Italy) We present a study that combines several marine geophysical techniques to detect and map archaeological sites from the Roman period in the shallow waters of the Venice Lagoon, Italy. We employed mari....

New in ARP: "Geophysical Prospecting for the Detection of Buried and Shallow Submerged Archaeological Sites of Roman Period in the Lagoon of Venice (Italy)."
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Standardizing Visualization in Ancient Maya Lidar Research: Techniques, Challenges and Recommendations Airborne laser scanning (ALS, lidar) has become a key method for studying ancient Maya landscapes, offering unprecedented visibility of anthropogenic terrain modifications in densely forested environ....

New Review Article in ARP: "Standardizing Visualization in Ancient Maya Lidar Research: Techniques, Challenges and Recommendations."
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Thermal‐Infrared Measurements of the North‐East Tower at Ardrossan Castle Thermal-infrared imaging of buildings is used to investigate a range of phenomena including the accumulation of moisture. In general, the presence of moisture poses a direct danger to historic struct....

New in ARP: "Thermal-Infrared Measurements of the North-East Tower at Ardrossan Castle".
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Integrated Geophysical Survey (GPR, ERT and Magnetometry) at the Kalehisar Archaeological Site in Central Anatolia Kalehisar Archaeological Site, located near Mahmudiye Village in the Alaca district of Çorum, provides important insight into the Anatolian Seljuk period and 13th–14th century settlements in Central ....

New in ARP: "Integrated Geophysical Survey (GPR, ERT and Magnetometry) at the Kalehisar Archaeological Site in Central Anatolia"

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New in ARP: "Structure of the Multiphase Chalcolithic Tell Chiselet–Grădiștea Fundeanca (Romania) From SH‐Wave Full‐Waveform Inversion, Borehole Geophysics and Coring"

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New in ARP: "Tracing Past Agrarian Field Systems Through AI‐Based Analysis of Satellite Imagery in Konya, Central Anatolia, Türkiye".

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New in ARP: "History Hidden in the Forest—Geoarchaeological Research on the Early Medieval Site in Samborsko (North-Western Poland)"
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SARchaeological Prospection: Synthetic Aperture Radar for the Reconstruction and Mapping of Temperate Floodplain Environments Temperate river floodplains present a significant challenge for archaeologists, as cultural and palaeoenvironmental remains are often difficult to locate but can be exceptionally well preserved, espe....

New in ARP: "SARchaeological Prospection: Synthetic Aperture Radar for the Reconstruction and Mapping of Temperate Floodplain Environments"
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The Domus Nozze D'Argento in Pompeii: Structural Diagnosis Using Geophysical Methods Monitoring of ancient buildings is an issue of great interest in view of a proper restoration. This paper describes the noninvasive monitoring of the Domus Nozze D'Argento in Pompeii. The Roman house...

New in ARP: "The Domus Nozze D'Argento in Pompeii: Structural Diagnosis Using Geophysical Methods". Marini and colleagues use GPR to examine the structural stability of the Domus Nozze D'Argento in Pompeii. This approach can aid historic conservation efforts.
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Archaeological Prospection: Vol 32, No 2 Archaeological Prospection is an interdisciplinary archaeological journal covering all urban, rural and marine environments, and promoting international collaboration.

The latest issue of ARP has now been published, containing 14 original research articles and one book review! Topics range from underwater archaeological survey to deep learning assisted aerial lidar surveys and more! Check out the articles here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/10990763...

Integrated Electromagnetic Mapping Through K‐Means to Improve Identification of Areas of Archaeological Interest This study proposes a procedure to improve the interpretation of data from the Frequency Domain ElectroMagnetic method (FDEM), a geophysical technique with high benefit–cost ratios in archaeology. Th...

New in ARP: "Integrated Electromagnetic Mapping Through K-Means to Improve Identification of Areas of Archaeological Interest." Capozzoli et al. present an unsupervised machine learning approach to interpret Frequency Domain ElectroMagnetic method (FDEM) data.
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Understanding the Form and Timing of Damage to Archaeological Sites During the Syrian Conflict by Combining Evidence From Remote Sensing With Ground Observation Satellite remote sensing is used widely to monitor damage to archaeological sites in conflict areas, including in Syria. On-the-ground assessments have been fewer in number, and the degree to which r...

New in ARP: "Understanding the Form and Timing of Damage to Archaeological Sites During the Syrian Conflict by Combining Evidence From Remote Sensing With Ground Observation". Almohamad et al. use Google Earth imagery to track damage to Syrian cultural sites from 2009-2019.
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A Multifaceted Spatial Analysis of Tomb Distribution in Blemmyan Berenike (Eastern Desert of Egypt) This study examines the spatial and visual organisation of tombs in the post–Roman Berenike located in Egypt's Eastern Desert. Archaeological surveys, remote sensing, geophysical methods, excavations...

New in ARP: "A Multifaceted Spatial Analysis of Tomb Distribution in Blemmyan Berenike (Eastern Desert of Egypt)".
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Exploring the Antonine Wall With Terrestrial Remote Sensing by W. S. Hanson, R. E. Jones, and N. Hannon, Oxford: Archaeopress, 2024. 234 pp. £45 (paperback/soft cover). ISBN: 978‐1‐80327‐801‐8 Click on the article title to read more.

New book review in ARP: "Exploring the Antonine Wall With Terrestrial Remote Sensing by W. S. Hanson, R. E. Jones, and N. Hannon, Oxford: Archaeopress, 2024. 234 pp. £45 (paperback/soft cover). ISBN: 978-1-80327-801-8"
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Identification of Architectural Roman Remains in the Complex Archaeological Site of Buto ‘Tell El Fara'in’, Northern Egypt, Using Geophysical and Remote Sensing Data The integrated use of remote sensing (RS) techniques, vertical magnetic gradient (VMG) and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) measurements, and, in particular, combined analysis of 2D and 3D dat...

Early view in ARP: "Identification of Architectural Roman Remains in the Complex Archaeological Site of Buto ‘Tell El Fara'in’, Northern Egypt, Using Geophysical and Remote Sensing Data"
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Unveiling Ancient Constructive Phases With Integrated Geophysical Prospection in the Group of the Columns, Mitla, Oaxaca The archaeological zone of Mitla has an invaluable place within the Mexican cultural heritage. This pre-Hispanic city concentrated the political and religious power of the central valleys of Oaxaca, ...

Published in Early View in ARP: "Unveiling Ancient Constructive Phases With Integrated Geophysical Prospection in the Group of the Columns, Mitla, Oaxaca"
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Ground Penetration Radar and Magnetic Surveys for Archaeogeophysical Prospecting at the Seti I Temple at Abydos, Sohag, Egypt This paper presents an archaeogeophysical prospection in Abydos, a rich archaeological site including royal monuments and tombs from multiple periods of Ancient Egypt. Abydos is the most important bu...

Recently published in ARP: "Ground Penetration Radar and Magnetic Surveys for Archaeogeophysical Prospecting at the Seti I Temple at Abydos, Sohag, Egypt"
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Integrated Geophysical Search for 19th‐Century Underground Tanks in Krakow (Poland): Analysis of 2D, 2.5D and 3D ERT Surveys The paper presents the results of a noninvasive geophysical search for 19th-century underground tanks located in the former Austrian imperial barracks complex of Archduke Rudolf in Krakow (Poland). T...

Recently published in ARP: "Integrated Geophysical Search for 19th-Century Underground Tanks in Krakow (Poland): Analysis of 2D, 2.5D and 3D ERT Surveys"
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