Vincent Gaffney
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1044359 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Vincent Gaffney |
| NOMBRES | Vincent |
| APELLIDO | Gaffney |
| FIRMA | GAFFNEY V |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7918-0494 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 43 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 134 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 41 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1983 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
A Multiple-Proxy Geochemical Investigation of a Shallow Core from Doggerland
The exploration of Doggerland, the prehistoric landscape that once connected Britain to the continent, remains one of Europe’s most significant archeological challenges. This paper presents a study into the palaeolandscape and the paleoenvironmental development of Doggerland, through the geochemical analyses of a core (ELF019) taken from the southern North Sea. The thermal properties divided the core into three sedimentary zones based on the vari…
Into the “Empty Quarter”
The study of marine palaeolandscapes has been revolutionised over the past 2 decades, Survey data is providing increasingly higher resolution landscape reconstructions, In deeper waters there is an almost total absence of contextualised archaeology
The Perils of Pits
In 2020, a series of large features were identified, set within two arc-like structures, to the north and south of Durrington Walls henge (Gaffney et al. 2020). Based on geophysical survey and borehole investigation, combined with the results of previous, commercial fieldwork, 15 features were interpreted as either large pits or probable pits. Five additional features were identified from aerial photography or topographic modelling as being of po…
Artificial Interpretation
The value of artificial intelligence and machine learning applications for use in heritage research is increasingly appreciated. In specific areas, notably remote sensing, datasets have increased in extent and resolution to the point that manual interpretation is problematic and the availability of skilled interpreters to undertake such work is limited. Interpretation of the geophysical datasets associated with prehistoric submerged landscapes is…
Winds of Change
Development of the continental shelf has accelerated significantly as nations around the world seek to harness offshore renewable energy. Many areas marked for development align with submerged palaeolandscapes. Poorly understood and difficult to protect, these vulnerable, prehistoric landscapes provide specific challenges for heritage management. Indeed, there now appears to be a schism between what underwater cultural heritage policy intends and…
Visual Heritage
Europe's Lost Frontiers: Volume 1
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Europe's Lost Frontiers
The archaeological context of Doggerland during the final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic
James Walker, Vincent Gaffney, Simon Fitch, Rachel Harding, Andrew Fraser, Merle Muru, Martin Tingle, The archaeological context of Doggerland during the final Palaeolithic and Mesolithic, Europe's Lost Frontiers: Volume 1, pp. 63-88
Targeting the Mesolithic
This paper describes some results of the research undertaken over the Brown Bank area during recent (2018/2019) geoarchaeological surveys in the North Sea which included seismic imaging, shallow (vibro)coring and dredging. It examines the benefits of simultaneous high-resolution (0.5 – 1 m) and ultra-high-resolution (10–20 cm) seismic survey techniques and a staged approach to resolving the submerged Holocene landscape in the highest possible det…
Multidisciplinary Investigation of the Pit Circuit at Durrington Walls, UK
Comprehensive geophysical assessment of huge pits; ERT, GPR, mag and EM.– Novel approach to testing and interpreting pits via coring.– Largest pit circuit confirmed in both the Stonehenge landscape and the UK
A Massive, Late Neolithic Pit Structure associated with Durrington Walls Henge
A series of massive geophysical anomalies, located south of the Durrington Walls henge monument, were identified during fluxgate gradiometer survey undertaken by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project (SHLP). Initially interpreted as dewponds, these data have been re-evaluated, along with information on similar features revealed by archaeological contractors undertaking survey and excavation to the north of the Durrington Walls henge. Analysis …
A great wave
Around 8150 BP, the Storegga tsunami struck North-west Europe. The size of this wave has led many to assume that it had a devastating impact upon contemporaneous Mesolithic communities, including the final inundation of Doggerland, the now submerged Mesolithic North Sea landscape. Here, the authors present the first evidence of the tsunami from the southern North Sea, and suggest that traditional notions of a catastrophically destructive event ma…
Durrington walls and the Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project 2010–2016
Since 2010 the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project (SHLP) has undertaken extensive archaeological prospection across much of the landscape surrounding Stonehenge. These remote sensing and geophysical surveys have revealed a significant number of new sites and landscape features whilst providing new information on many previously known monuments. The project goal to integrate multimethod mapping over large areas of the landscape has also provided…
My Historic Environment
No
Unveiling the prehistoric landscape at Stonehenge through multi-receiver EMI
Time and a Place
The capacity to conceptualise and measure time is amongst the most important achievements of human societies, and the issue of when time was “created” by humankind is critical in understanding how society has developed. A pit structure, discovered in Aberdeenshire (Scotland), and dated to the 8th millennium BC, has been re-analysed and appears to demonstrate a basic calendrical function and provides an intriguing contribution to this debate. The …
Assessment of the CMD Mini‐Explorer, a New Low‐frequency Multi‐coil Electromagnetic Device, for Archaeological Investigations
In this article we assess the abilities of a new electromagnetic (EM) system, the CMD Mini‐Explorer, for prospecting of archaeological features in Ireland and the UK. The Mini‐Explorer is an EM probe which is primarily aimed at the environmental/geological prospecting market for the detection of pipes and geology. It has long been evident from the use of other EM devices that such an instrument might be suitable for shallow soil studies and appli…
The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project
Over the centuries many archaeologists have investigated the site of Stonehenge and we now know a great deal about the phasing and nature of the site. However, the area around the henge, while containing many symbolic and ritual elements, is curiously ‘blank’. The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project aims to place the site and its development through time within a landscape context using fast and accurate ground‐based geophysical techniques. The …
Changing perspectives on the city of Cyrene, Libya
Cyrene, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) in eastern modern Libya, was the leading city of the Libyan Pentapolis. Settled by Greek colonists toward the end of the 7th century B.C., it remained an active Graeco-Roman city of distinctively Hellenic character until the time of the Islamic conquest (A.D. 643). Archaeological missions from America, Italy, and the United Kingdom have excavated in Cyrene for more than a century. As a result …
Initial results using GPS navigation with the Foerster magnetometer system at the World Heritage site of Cyrene, Libya
This Short Report summarizes some initial results using real time GPS to navigate and collect magnetometer data using Foerster sensors and a magnetic cart. The Foerster system is primarily aimed at the detection of buried ordnance and, by comparison to some other magnetometer sensors, the reported sensitivity is relatively low. However, the sensors require no alignment in the field, nor does the system require a regular contiguous grid to be esta…
In Sight of Doggerland
The North Sea has long been known by archaeologists as an area of Mesolithic occupation, and has even been argued as the heartland of the Mesolithic in North Western Europe. Yet this area remains effectively terra incognita to archaeologists, and the nature of its occupation, tantalisingly elusive. The submergence of this landscape has therefore effectively hindered archaeological research into this vitally important region. Yet this region conta…
Assessing the later prehistoric environmental archaeology and landscape development of the Cetina Valley, Croatia
This paper describes preliminary work on the environmental and archaeological potential of the Cetina River Valley, Croatia. Two seasons of fieldwork and assessment have suggested that the valley contains a preserved landscape, much of which is waterlogged. It is clear that there is the potential to address many local and regional questions concerning land use, subsistence and environmental change in an area where previously only limited environm…
Dalmatia Research in the Roman Province 1970-2001 Papers in honour of J J Wilkes
15 papers on research (1970-2001) into Roman Dalamtia in honour of J. J. Wilkes. Contents: 1) The prehistoric background to Dalmatia: Dalmatia from the 8th to 4th centuries BC (Dunja Glogovic); 2) The Greek background (Branko Kirigin); 3) The battle at Taurida (Sinia Bilic Dujmuic); 4) Promona: the site and the siege (Sinia Bilic Dujmuic); 5) The Roman legionary fortress at Tilurium - state of research (Mirjana Sanader); 6) The Augustan fort at O…
Late Pleistocene and Holocene depositional systems and the palaeogeography of the Dogger Bank, North Sea
3D seismic data from the Dogger Bank, North Sea, allow the mapping of Late Pleistocene and Holocene depositional systems in unprecedented detail. The data demonstrate that glacial processes resulted in the development of incised tunnel valley systems during the Weichselian and that these were subsequently modified by fluvial processes in a pro-glacial setting. Subsequently, the Dogger Bank formed an emergent plain during the Holocene with a compl…
The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project
Over the centuries many archaeologists have investigated the site of Stonehenge and we now know a great deal about the phasing and nature of the site. However, the area around the henge, while containing many symbolic and ritual elements, is curiously ‘blank’. The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project aims to place the site and its development through time within a landscape context using fast and accurate ground‐based geophysical techniques. The …
Unveiling the prehistoric landscape at Stonehenge through multi-receiver EMI
Simulation of artefact movement due to cultivation
Durrington walls and the Stonehenge Hidden Landscape Project 2010–2016
Since 2010 the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project (SHLP) has undertaken extensive archaeological prospection across much of the landscape surrounding Stonehenge. These remote sensing and geophysical surveys have revealed a significant number of new sites and landscape features whilst providing new information on many previously known monuments. The project goal to integrate multimethod mapping over large areas of the landscape has also provided…
The Tiber Valley Project
In 1997 a new collaborative research project was initiated by the British School at Rome. This project draws on a variety of sources of archaeological information to explore the regional impact of the City of Rome throughout the period from 1000 BC to AD 1300. The project provides a common collaborative research framework which brings together a range of archaeologists and historians working in various institutions. In this paper those involved i…
Multimethodological approach to study and characterize Forum Novum (Vescovio, central Italy)
The paper presents the results of an on‐going study of the Roman town and early medieval bishopric of Forum Novum at Vescovio in the middle Tiber valley to the north of Rome. The work forms part of the British School at Rome's Tiber Valley Project, which studies the changing landscapes of the middle Tiber valley as the hinterland of Rome through two millennia, from 1000 BC to AD 1000. At Forum Novum a range of remote sensing techniques are being …
Time and a Place
The capacity to conceptualise and measure time is amongst the most important achievements of human societies, and the issue of when time was “created” by humankind is critical in understanding how society has developed. A pit structure, discovered in Aberdeenshire (Scotland), and dated to the 8th millennium BC, has been re-analysed and appears to demonstrate a basic calendrical function and provides an intriguing contribution to this debate. The …
In Sight of Doggerland
The North Sea has long been known by archaeologists as an area of Mesolithic occupation, and has even been argued as the heartland of the Mesolithic in North Western Europe. Yet this area remains effectively terra incognita to archaeologists, and the nature of its occupation, tantalisingly elusive. The submergence of this landscape has therefore effectively hindered archaeological research into this vitally important region. Yet this region conta…
A great wave
Around 8150 BP, the Storegga tsunami struck North-west Europe. The size of this wave has led many to assume that it had a devastating impact upon contemporaneous Mesolithic communities, including the final inundation of Doggerland, the now submerged Mesolithic North Sea landscape. Here, the authors present the first evidence of the tsunami from the southern North Sea, and suggest that traditional notions of a catastrophically destructive event ma…
Assessment of the CMD Mini‐Explorer, a New Low‐frequency Multi‐coil Electromagnetic Device, for Archaeological Investigations
In this article we assess the abilities of a new electromagnetic (EM) system, the CMD Mini‐Explorer, for prospecting of archaeological features in Ireland and the UK. The Mini‐Explorer is an EM probe which is primarily aimed at the environmental/geological prospecting market for the detection of pipes and geology. It has long been evident from the use of other EM devices that such an instrument might be suitable for shallow soil studies and appli…
Dalmatia Research in the Roman Province 1970-2001 Papers in honour of J J Wilkes
15 papers on research (1970-2001) into Roman Dalamtia in honour of J. J. Wilkes. Contents: 1) The prehistoric background to Dalmatia: Dalmatia from the 8th to 4th centuries BC (Dunja Glogovic); 2) The Greek background (Branko Kirigin); 3) The battle at Taurida (Sinia Bilic Dujmuic); 4) Promona: the site and the siege (Sinia Bilic Dujmuic); 5) The Roman legionary fortress at Tilurium - state of research (Mirjana Sanader); 6) The Augustan fort at O…
Forum Novum–Vescovio
The Roman town of Forum Novum lies in the Sabine hills to the northeast of Rome. Its study forms part of the British School at Rome's Tiber Valley Project, a collaborative research initiative which studies the Tiber valley as the hinterland of Rome, tracing the impact of Rome's development on the history of its settlement, economy, and cultural identity from 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1300 (Patterson and Millett 1999; Patterson et al. 2000) (fig. 1). The …
A Massive, Late Neolithic Pit Structure associated with Durrington Walls Henge
A series of massive geophysical anomalies, located south of the Durrington Walls henge monument, were identified during fluxgate gradiometer survey undertaken by the Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project (SHLP). Initially interpreted as dewponds, these data have been re-evaluated, along with information on similar features revealed by archaeological contractors undertaking survey and excavation to the north of the Durrington Walls henge. Analysis …
The Viroconium Cornoviorum Atlas
Accurate mapping of the 78-ha Roman town of Viroconium (modern-day Wroxeter in Shropshire, UK) in preparation for detailed research and site management proved a task that requires the use of modern information techniques. This article describes the creation of high spatial accuracy maps by the use of GPS-located gradiometer survey data in order to georeference available aerial photographs, and the use of digital processing of aerial photographs t…
Assessing the later prehistoric environmental archaeology and landscape development of the Cetina Valley, Croatia
This paper describes preliminary work on the environmental and archaeological potential of the Cetina River Valley, Croatia. Two seasons of fieldwork and assessment have suggested that the valley contains a preserved landscape, much of which is waterlogged. It is clear that there is the potential to address many local and regional questions concerning land use, subsistence and environmental change in an area where previously only limited environm…
Geophysical surveys of Bury Walls hill fort, Shropshire
The hill fort of Bury Walls in Shropshire has been surveyed extensively by topographical and geophysical methods with the aims of recovering evidence for occupation, characterising the use of the hill fort and clarifying the chronological development of the site. Topographic surveys delineated the current extent of the fort and its massive fortifications. Resistance surveys showed several interesting features inside the fort, including extensive …
From Order to Chaos
In the past, the provision of authoritative, interpretative, syntheses is what archaeologists sought through publication. Now the first real challenge of the digital age has been to balance this trend and in contrast to archaeological practice over the last two decades, we are seeing a shift toward the dissemination of raw data. This move towards dissemination to put it on an equal footing with publication and synthesis is both irrevocable and fu…
The Date of the Dorset Cursus
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Simulation of artefact movement due to cultivation
Studying ancient landscapes with Geographic Information Systems
From Order to Chaos
In the past, the provision of authoritative, interpretative, syntheses is what archaeologists sought through publication. Now the first real challenge of the digital age has been to balance this trend and in contrast to archaeological practice over the last two decades, we are seeing a shift toward the dissemination of raw data. This move towards dissemination to put it on an equal footing with publication and synthesis is both irrevocable and fu…
The Viroconium Cornoviorum Atlas
Accurate mapping of the 78-ha Roman town of Viroconium (modern-day Wroxeter in Shropshire, UK) in preparation for detailed research and site management proved a task that requires the use of modern information techniques. This article describes the creation of high spatial accuracy maps by the use of GPS-located gradiometer survey data in order to georeference available aerial photographs, and the use of digital processing of aerial photographs t…
Survey at Wroxeter using carrier phase, differential GPS surveying techniques
In recent years the high-precision differential global positioning system (GPS) has become a significant technology with the areas of survey and civil engineering. The application of this technique to a large area archaeological site has been explored by undertaking surface survey, alongside geophysical survey, at the Roman town of Wroxeter. The GPS potentially removes any dependence on an existing map and allows positional fixes anywhere on the …
Wroxeter hinterland project and geophysical survey at Wroxeter
Non‐invasive investigations at Wroxeter at the end of the twentieth century
Wroxeter hinterland project and geophysical survey at Wroxeter
This paper provides the overall archaeological context of a geophysical survey carried out at the Roman town at Wroxeter, including both excavation carried out within the town and survey and excavation within its hinterland. The geophysical survey at Wroxeter was carried out within the remit of the Wroxeter Hinterland Project. The archaeological rationale behind this project is explained and the contribution of geophysical survey data to achievin…
Large‐scale systematic fluxgate gradiometry at the roman city of Wroxeter
Over a number of field sessions, the Roman city of Wroxeter was surveyed using fluxgate gradiometers. In the paper the authors describe the strategy for assessing a large site, approximately 0.7 km2 in size, as well as presenting the graphical results. Prior to the survey it was believed that Wroxeter was a ‘garden city’ with areas of open space inside the defensive ramparts. The results of the magnetic survey, however, suggested that almost the …
Non‐invasive investigations at Wroxeter at the end of the twentieth century
Survey at Wroxeter using carrier phase, differential GPS surveying techniques
In recent years the high-precision differential global positioning system (GPS) has become a significant technology with the areas of survey and civil engineering. The application of this technique to a large area archaeological site has been explored by undertaking surface survey, alongside geophysical survey, at the Roman town of Wroxeter. The GPS potentially removes any dependence on an existing map and allows positional fixes anywhere on the …
Large-scale systematic fluxgate gradiometry at the roman city of Wroxeter
Over a number of field sessions, the Roman city of Wroxeter was surveyed using fluxgate gradiometers. In the paper the authors describe the strategy for assessing a large site, approximately 0.7 km2 in size, as well as presenting the graphical results. Prior to the survey it was believed that Wroxeter was a ‘garden city’ with areas of open space inside the defensive ramparts. The results of the magnetic survey, however, suggested that almost the …
The Tiber Valley Project
In 1997 a new collaborative research project was initiated by the British School at Rome. This project draws on a variety of sources of archaeological information to explore the regional impact of the City of Rome throughout the period from 1000 BC to AD 1300. The project provides a common collaborative research framework which brings together a range of archaeologists and historians working in various institutions. In this paper those involved i…
Forum Novum–Vescovio
The Roman town of Forum Novum lies in the Sabine hills to the northeast of Rome. Its study forms part of the British School at Rome's Tiber Valley Project, a collaborative research initiative which studies the Tiber valley as the hinterland of Rome, tracing the impact of Rome's development on the history of its settlement, economy, and cultural identity from 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1300 (Patterson and Millett 1999; Patterson et al. 2000) (fig. 1). The …
Comparison of geophysical techniques for investigating an infilled ditch at Bury Walls hill fort, Shropshire
Five geophysical survey techniques were used to investigate the infilled section of the outer ditch at the Iron Age hill fort of Bury Walls, Shropshire. The techniques were resistance mapping and four profiling methods: resistivity sounding, ground‐penetrating radar (GPR), P‐wave seismic refraction and S‐wave seismic refraction. The ditch was clearly visible on the resistance map and on GPR profiles, but no depth estimate was obtainable from thes…
Geophysical surveys of Bury Walls hill fort, Shropshire
The hill fort of Bury Walls in Shropshire has been surveyed extensively by topographical and geophysical methods with the aims of recovering evidence for occupation, characterising the use of the hill fort and clarifying the chronological development of the site. Topographic surveys delineated the current extent of the fort and its massive fortifications. Resistance surveys showed several interesting features inside the fort, including extensive …
Multimethodological approach to study and characterize Forum Novum (Vescovio, central Italy)
The paper presents the results of an on‐going study of the Roman town and early medieval bishopric of Forum Novum at Vescovio in the middle Tiber valley to the north of Rome. The work forms part of the British School at Rome's Tiber Valley Project, which studies the changing landscapes of the middle Tiber valley as the hinterland of Rome through two millennia, from 1000 BC to AD 1000. At Forum Novum a range of remote sensing techniques are being …
Late Pleistocene and Holocene depositional systems and the palaeogeography of the Dogger Bank, North Sea
3D seismic data from the Dogger Bank, North Sea, allow the mapping of Late Pleistocene and Holocene depositional systems in unprecedented detail. The data demonstrate that glacial processes resulted in the development of incised tunnel valley systems during the Weichselian and that these were subsequently modified by fluvial processes in a pro-glacial setting. Subsequently, the Dogger Bank formed an emergent plain during the Holocene with a compl…
Assessing the later prehistoric environmental archaeology and landscape development of the Cetina Valley, Croatia
This paper describes preliminary work on the environmental and archaeological potential of the Cetina River Valley, Croatia. Two seasons of fieldwork and assessment have suggested that the valley contains a preserved landscape, much of which is waterlogged. It is clear that there is the potential to address many local and regional questions concerning land use, subsistence and environmental change in an area where previously only limited environm…
Dalmatia Research in the Roman Province 1970-2001 Papers in honour of J J Wilkes
15 papers on research (1970-2001) into Roman Dalamtia in honour of J. J. Wilkes. Contents: 1) The prehistoric background to Dalmatia: Dalmatia from the 8th to 4th centuries BC (Dunja Glogovic); 2) The Greek background (Branko Kirigin); 3) The battle at Taurida (Sinia Bilic Dujmuic); 4) Promona: the site and the siege (Sinia Bilic Dujmuic); 5) The Roman legionary fortress at Tilurium - state of research (Mirjana Sanader); 6) The Augustan fort at O…
In Sight of Doggerland
The North Sea has long been known by archaeologists as an area of Mesolithic occupation, and has even been argued as the heartland of the Mesolithic in North Western Europe. Yet this area remains effectively terra incognita to archaeologists, and the nature of its occupation, tantalisingly elusive. The submergence of this landscape has therefore effectively hindered archaeological research into this vitally important region. Yet this region conta…
Initial results using GPS navigation with the Foerster magnetometer system at the World Heritage site of Cyrene, Libya
This Short Report summarizes some initial results using real time GPS to navigate and collect magnetometer data using Foerster sensors and a magnetic cart. The Foerster system is primarily aimed at the detection of buried ordnance and, by comparison to some other magnetometer sensors, the reported sensitivity is relatively low. However, the sensors require no alignment in the field, nor does the system require a regular contiguous grid to be esta…
Changing perspectives on the city of Cyrene, Libya
Cyrene, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS) in eastern modern Libya, was the leading city of the Libyan Pentapolis. Settled by Greek colonists toward the end of the 7th century B.C., it remained an active Graeco-Roman city of distinctively Hellenic character until the time of the Islamic conquest (A.D. 643). Archaeological missions from America, Italy, and the United Kingdom have excavated in Cyrene for more than a century. As a result …
The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project
Over the centuries many archaeologists have investigated the site of Stonehenge and we now know a great deal about the phasing and nature of the site. However, the area around the henge, while containing many symbolic and ritual elements, is curiously ‘blank’. The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project aims to place the site and its development through time within a landscape context using fast and accurate ground‐based geophysical techniques. The …
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