Mineral-magnetic characterization as a key to explain differences in magnetic contrast and improve archaeological interpretation: An example of the Roman Site at Auritz/Aurizberri, Navarre

0553764 - GFÚ 2022 RIV FR eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Garcia-Garcia, E. - Grison, Hana - Jordanova, N. - De Smedt, P. - Iriarte, E.
Mineral-magnetic characterization as a key to explain differences in magnetic contrast and improve archaeological interpretation: An example of the Roman Site at Auritz/Aurizberri, Navarre.
ArcheoSciences = Archeosciences. Bulletin de liaison du groupe des methodes pluridisciplinaires contribuant a l'archeologie. Roč. 45, č. 1 (2021), s. 161-164. ISSN 1960-1360. E-ISSN 2104-3728.
[International conference of archaeological prospection /14./. Lyon, 08.09.2021-10.09.2021]
Grant CEP: GA MŠMT(CZ) LTC19029
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985530
Klíčová slova: archaeological geophysics * Roman site * magnetic contrast * mineral-magnetic characterization * moisture
Obor OECD: 1.7 Other natural sciences
Impakt faktor: 0.118, rok: 2021
Způsob publikování: Open access s časovým embargem
https://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/9280?lang=en

Geophysical and geoarchaeological methods can be used to delimit the extent and characterise the nature of settlement in the past. To this end, a magnetic survey was conducted at the site of the ancient Roman town of Zaldua (Auritz, Navarre). Although the results of this survey provided a firm basis for a preliminary archaeological assessment of the site (Garcia-Garcia et al., 2016), in some parts of the study area the magnetic response was difficult to interpret. This is most striking in the north of the main area, where a narrow band without clear magnetic variation separates two zones with clear evidence of intensive occupation. The same result was reproduced in the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Electromagnetic Induction (EMI) surveys performed in this area. The absence of clear responses is believed not to reflect archaeological reality but the reason for this contrast-free fringe is unknown, and remains one of the archaeological questions of the site.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0328489