Timothy Saey
Biographic Data
| ID | 184018 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Timothy Saey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Timothy |
| FAMILY NAME | Saey |
| SIGNATURE | SAEY T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 84 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Marginal Mounds and Maritime Shepherding. A Landscape Archaeological Survey of a Late Medieval Sheep Mound in the Belgian Coastal Plain
The ‘Scaperie’ site in Knokke-Heist (Belgium), identified through a topographic analysis of a sixteenth-century map and located in a maritime sedimentary environment, serves as the focal point for this research. Employing a landscape archaeological approach, this study integrates multiple data sources including ceramics, historical maps, aerial photographs, LiDAR-data, geophysical surveys, and a coring survey. The dataset revealed the remnants of…
Winter camp’ 1917
Integrated research using aerial photography, proximal soil sensing, historical research and excavations of an unusual First World War site in Flanders (Belgium) is presented. Aerial photography revealed a grid of 5x6 huts unusually close to the front line. Geophysical research indicates good preservation of these structures. A targeted excavation was carried out. The results give insight into the structure of a military camp built in autumn 1917…
Lost but revived. Revisiting the medieval village of Nieuw‐Roeselare (Flanders) using large‐scale frequency‐domain multi‐receiver EMI and landscape archaeological prospection
During the 10th to 13th centuries, the rural settlement landscapes of the County of Flanders underwent major changes. Complex interactions between urbanization, growing comital power, demographic changes and rural development formed the basis for intensified reclamations of the landscape. Based on historical research, the ab nihilo plantation of grouped rural settlements by the counts and other landlords played an important role in the organizati…
Using the past to indicate the possible presence of relics in the present-day landscape
The First World War (WWI) had a notable influence on the landscape at the former Western Front in Belgium. Research on a landscape scale is necessary to understand the destructive and constructive impact of the war and its consequences for the post-war landscape in a holistic manner. This paper focuses on the trajectory and impact analysis of three study areas with contrasting landscape types and aims to indicate possible preserved military relic…
Evaluation of fluxgate magnetometry and electromagnetic induction surveys for subsurface characterization of archaeological features in World War 1 battlefields
Geophysical prospection as a noninvasive archaeological survey technique has become a widely applied discipline that is currently finding its way into the former World War 1 (WW1) battlefields. Because of the imminent danger of unexploded ordnances, noninvasiveness is the key to exploring the subsurface containing our buried heritage. Fluxgate magnetometry (FGM), a frequently applied prospection technique in archaeology and unexploded ordnance de…
Non-invasive research of tunneling heritage in the Ypres Salient (1914–1918) – research of the Tor Top tunnel system
Removal of sensor tilt noise in fluxgate gradiometer survey data by applying one‐dimensional wavelet filtering
Archaeological prospection with magnetometer instruments is performed in a wide range of field configurations, ranging from single probe setups to mobile arrays that allow combining multiple sensors. The latter type, whereby instruments are mounted onto a cart system, are particularly prone to motion‐induced noise. Sensor tilt, for example, causes in‐line noise that can obscure magnetic variations present. To remediate these effects, image proces…
The Ypres Salient 1914-1918
Historical Aerial Photography and Multi‐receiver EMI Soil Sensing, Complementing Techniques for the Study of a Great War Conflict Landscape
In spite of an increase in World War I (WWI)‐related excavations in Flanders (Belgium), little is known about the nature and extent of the buried heritage of WWI from research on a landscape scale. This paper examines the combination of historical aerial photographic evidence and geophysical soil sensing. A case study in Comines‐Warneton compares data derived from contemporary WWI aerial photographs with multi‐receiver electromagnetic induction s…
The Characterization of a Former World War I Battlefield by Integrating Multiple Signals from a Multireceiver EMI Soil Sensor
World War I (WWI) battlefields contain a large diversity of buried features that are situated just below the plough layer. A noninvasive interdisciplinary approach is preferred to characterize the buried heritage embedded within its soil landscape. In this study, the potential of integrating both electrical conductivity and magnetic susceptibility measurements from a multireceiver electromagnetic induction (EMI) instrument at a heavily shelled WW…
Reconstructing Early Neolithic Paleogeography
Well‐preserved prehistoric landscapes and sites have been found, buried deeply below the Holocene peat or floodplain deposits of “Waasland Scheldt polders.” During the mid‐to‐late Holocene, Late Weichselian (river) dunes within the floodplain and river flanks were favored locations for Final Early Neolithic occupation. Available living space was determined by the dune topography and elevation of the peat at that time. Therefore, an elevation mode…
Unveiling the prehistoric landscape at Stonehenge through multi-receiver EMI
The discovery of the school of gladiators at Carnuntum, Austria
Sophisticated techniques of archaeological survey, including airborne imaging spectroscopy, electromagnetic induction and ground-penetrating radar, are opening up new horizons in the non-invasive exploration of archaeological sites. One location where they have yielded spectacular results is Carnuntum in Austria, on the south bank of the Danube, capital of the key Roman province of Pannonia. Excavations in the late nineteenth and twentieth centur…
Comparing Apparent Magnetic Susceptibility Measurements of a Multi‐receiver EMI Sensor with Topsoil and Profile Magnetic Susceptibility Data over Weak Magnetic Anomalies
Today, most surveys in archaeogeophysical prospection use magnetic properties to detect archaeological features. Such magnetic surveys are usually conducted with magnetometers and, to a lesser extent, with magnetic susceptibility meters and electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensors. Although the latter are the only instruments that allow mapping multiple physical soil properties simultaneously, EMI remains the odd‐one‐out in archaeogeophysical pros…
An Interdisciplinary Non‐invasive Approach to Landscape Archaeology of the Great War
The prospection and evaluation of former battlefields of the Great War or the First World War (WW I) poses specific challenges. For several reasons, large‐scale excavation campaigns of this conflict landscape are problematic. The vastness of the former Western Front (one of the largest archaeological sites in the world), the large amounts of buried unexploded ordnance and the possible presence of human remains hinder invasive practices. As an alt…
Towards an Integrated Methodology for Assessing Rural Settlement Landscapes in the Belgian Lowlands
Although the Belgian lowlands witnessed a dense rural occupation in Roman and especially in medieval times, the exact nature of the settlement patterns, the farms and the interaction with the landscape is still poorly understood archaeologically, both scientifically and from a heritage curatorship point of view. Archaeogeophysical research has remained relatively limited in this area. However, other prospection techniques such as aerial photograp…
A multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing Late Glacial and Early Holocene landscapes
Electrical Conductivity Depth Modelling with a Multireceiver EMI Sensor for Prospecting Archaeological Features
Multiple apparent electrical conductivity (EC a ) measurements with an electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensor frequently reveal analogue patterns caused by conductive features in the soil. A procedure was proposed to highlight different archaeological anomalies based on combinations of the simultaneous EC a measurements with the DUALEM‐21S instrument. After selection of a 3.5 ha study site, 0.79 ha has been recorded by archaeological excavation. …
Evaluating the multiple coil configurations of the EM38DD and Dualem‐21S sensors to detect archaeological anomalies
The multiple coil configurations of two electromagnetic induction sensors were tested on a field with strong electrical and magnetic contrasts. The first sensor, EM38DD, measures either the apparent electrical conductivity (ECa or σ a ) or the apparent magnetic susceptibility (MSa or χ a ) of the soil at two coil orientations. The second sensor, DUALEM‐21S, measures both ECa and MSa at two coil orientations and two coil separations. The goal was …
Unveiling the prehistoric landscape at Stonehenge through multi-receiver EMI
Evaluating the multiple coil configurations of the EM38DD and Dualem‐21S sensors to detect archaeological anomalies
The multiple coil configurations of two electromagnetic induction sensors were tested on a field with strong electrical and magnetic contrasts. The first sensor, EM38DD, measures either the apparent electrical conductivity (ECa or σ a ) or the apparent magnetic susceptibility (MSa or χ a ) of the soil at two coil orientations. The second sensor, DUALEM‐21S, measures both ECa and MSa at two coil orientations and two coil separations. The goal was …
Historical Aerial Photography and Multi‐receiver EMI Soil Sensing, Complementing Techniques for the Study of a Great War Conflict Landscape
In spite of an increase in World War I (WWI)‐related excavations in Flanders (Belgium), little is known about the nature and extent of the buried heritage of WWI from research on a landscape scale. This paper examines the combination of historical aerial photographic evidence and geophysical soil sensing. A case study in Comines‐Warneton compares data derived from contemporary WWI aerial photographs with multi‐receiver electromagnetic induction s…
A multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing Late Glacial and Early Holocene landscapes
The Ypres Salient 1914-1918
An Interdisciplinary Non‐invasive Approach to Landscape Archaeology of the Great War
The prospection and evaluation of former battlefields of the Great War or the First World War (WW I) poses specific challenges. For several reasons, large‐scale excavation campaigns of this conflict landscape are problematic. The vastness of the former Western Front (one of the largest archaeological sites in the world), the large amounts of buried unexploded ordnance and the possible presence of human remains hinder invasive practices. As an alt…
Comparing Apparent Magnetic Susceptibility Measurements of a Multi‐receiver EMI Sensor with Topsoil and Profile Magnetic Susceptibility Data over Weak Magnetic Anomalies
Today, most surveys in archaeogeophysical prospection use magnetic properties to detect archaeological features. Such magnetic surveys are usually conducted with magnetometers and, to a lesser extent, with magnetic susceptibility meters and electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensors. Although the latter are the only instruments that allow mapping multiple physical soil properties simultaneously, EMI remains the odd‐one‐out in archaeogeophysical pros…
Electrical Conductivity Depth Modelling with a Multireceiver EMI Sensor for Prospecting Archaeological Features
Multiple apparent electrical conductivity (EC a ) measurements with an electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensor frequently reveal analogue patterns caused by conductive features in the soil. A procedure was proposed to highlight different archaeological anomalies based on combinations of the simultaneous EC a measurements with the DUALEM‐21S instrument. After selection of a 3.5 ha study site, 0.79 ha has been recorded by archaeological excavation. …
Evaluation of fluxgate magnetometry and electromagnetic induction surveys for subsurface characterization of archaeological features in World War 1 battlefields
Geophysical prospection as a noninvasive archaeological survey technique has become a widely applied discipline that is currently finding its way into the former World War 1 (WW1) battlefields. Because of the imminent danger of unexploded ordnances, noninvasiveness is the key to exploring the subsurface containing our buried heritage. Fluxgate magnetometry (FGM), a frequently applied prospection technique in archaeology and unexploded ordnance de…
Reconstructing Early Neolithic Paleogeography
Well‐preserved prehistoric landscapes and sites have been found, buried deeply below the Holocene peat or floodplain deposits of “Waasland Scheldt polders.” During the mid‐to‐late Holocene, Late Weichselian (river) dunes within the floodplain and river flanks were favored locations for Final Early Neolithic occupation. Available living space was determined by the dune topography and elevation of the peat at that time. Therefore, an elevation mode…
The Characterization of a Former World War I Battlefield by Integrating Multiple Signals from a Multireceiver EMI Soil Sensor
World War I (WWI) battlefields contain a large diversity of buried features that are situated just below the plough layer. A noninvasive interdisciplinary approach is preferred to characterize the buried heritage embedded within its soil landscape. In this study, the potential of integrating both electrical conductivity and magnetic susceptibility measurements from a multireceiver electromagnetic induction (EMI) instrument at a heavily shelled WW…
Winter camp’ 1917
Integrated research using aerial photography, proximal soil sensing, historical research and excavations of an unusual First World War site in Flanders (Belgium) is presented. Aerial photography revealed a grid of 5x6 huts unusually close to the front line. Geophysical research indicates good preservation of these structures. A targeted excavation was carried out. The results give insight into the structure of a military camp built in autumn 1917…
Using the past to indicate the possible presence of relics in the present-day landscape
The First World War (WWI) had a notable influence on the landscape at the former Western Front in Belgium. Research on a landscape scale is necessary to understand the destructive and constructive impact of the war and its consequences for the post-war landscape in a holistic manner. This paper focuses on the trajectory and impact analysis of three study areas with contrasting landscape types and aims to indicate possible preserved military relic…
Non-invasive research of tunneling heritage in the Ypres Salient (1914–1918) – research of the Tor Top tunnel system
The discovery of the school of gladiators at Carnuntum, Austria
Sophisticated techniques of archaeological survey, including airborne imaging spectroscopy, electromagnetic induction and ground-penetrating radar, are opening up new horizons in the non-invasive exploration of archaeological sites. One location where they have yielded spectacular results is Carnuntum in Austria, on the south bank of the Danube, capital of the key Roman province of Pannonia. Excavations in the late nineteenth and twentieth centur…
Towards an Integrated Methodology for Assessing Rural Settlement Landscapes in the Belgian Lowlands
Although the Belgian lowlands witnessed a dense rural occupation in Roman and especially in medieval times, the exact nature of the settlement patterns, the farms and the interaction with the landscape is still poorly understood archaeologically, both scientifically and from a heritage curatorship point of view. Archaeogeophysical research has remained relatively limited in this area. However, other prospection techniques such as aerial photograp…
Evaluating the multiple coil configurations of the EM38DD and Dualem‐21S sensors to detect archaeological anomalies
The multiple coil configurations of two electromagnetic induction sensors were tested on a field with strong electrical and magnetic contrasts. The first sensor, EM38DD, measures either the apparent electrical conductivity (ECa or σ a ) or the apparent magnetic susceptibility (MSa or χ a ) of the soil at two coil orientations. The second sensor, DUALEM‐21S, measures both ECa and MSa at two coil orientations and two coil separations. The goal was …
Electrical Conductivity Depth Modelling with a Multireceiver EMI Sensor for Prospecting Archaeological Features
Multiple apparent electrical conductivity (EC a ) measurements with an electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensor frequently reveal analogue patterns caused by conductive features in the soil. A procedure was proposed to highlight different archaeological anomalies based on combinations of the simultaneous EC a measurements with the DUALEM‐21S instrument. After selection of a 3.5 ha study site, 0.79 ha has been recorded by archaeological excavation. …
Towards an Integrated Methodology for Assessing Rural Settlement Landscapes in the Belgian Lowlands
Although the Belgian lowlands witnessed a dense rural occupation in Roman and especially in medieval times, the exact nature of the settlement patterns, the farms and the interaction with the landscape is still poorly understood archaeologically, both scientifically and from a heritage curatorship point of view. Archaeogeophysical research has remained relatively limited in this area. However, other prospection techniques such as aerial photograp…
A multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing Late Glacial and Early Holocene landscapes
Comparing Apparent Magnetic Susceptibility Measurements of a Multi‐receiver EMI Sensor with Topsoil and Profile Magnetic Susceptibility Data over Weak Magnetic Anomalies
Today, most surveys in archaeogeophysical prospection use magnetic properties to detect archaeological features. Such magnetic surveys are usually conducted with magnetometers and, to a lesser extent, with magnetic susceptibility meters and electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensors. Although the latter are the only instruments that allow mapping multiple physical soil properties simultaneously, EMI remains the odd‐one‐out in archaeogeophysical pros…
An Interdisciplinary Non‐invasive Approach to Landscape Archaeology of the Great War
The prospection and evaluation of former battlefields of the Great War or the First World War (WW I) poses specific challenges. For several reasons, large‐scale excavation campaigns of this conflict landscape are problematic. The vastness of the former Western Front (one of the largest archaeological sites in the world), the large amounts of buried unexploded ordnance and the possible presence of human remains hinder invasive practices. As an alt…
Unveiling the prehistoric landscape at Stonehenge through multi-receiver EMI
The discovery of the school of gladiators at Carnuntum, Austria
Sophisticated techniques of archaeological survey, including airborne imaging spectroscopy, electromagnetic induction and ground-penetrating radar, are opening up new horizons in the non-invasive exploration of archaeological sites. One location where they have yielded spectacular results is Carnuntum in Austria, on the south bank of the Danube, capital of the key Roman province of Pannonia. Excavations in the late nineteenth and twentieth centur…
Historical Aerial Photography and Multi‐receiver EMI Soil Sensing, Complementing Techniques for the Study of a Great War Conflict Landscape
In spite of an increase in World War I (WWI)‐related excavations in Flanders (Belgium), little is known about the nature and extent of the buried heritage of WWI from research on a landscape scale. This paper examines the combination of historical aerial photographic evidence and geophysical soil sensing. A case study in Comines‐Warneton compares data derived from contemporary WWI aerial photographs with multi‐receiver electromagnetic induction s…
The Characterization of a Former World War I Battlefield by Integrating Multiple Signals from a Multireceiver EMI Soil Sensor
World War I (WWI) battlefields contain a large diversity of buried features that are situated just below the plough layer. A noninvasive interdisciplinary approach is preferred to characterize the buried heritage embedded within its soil landscape. In this study, the potential of integrating both electrical conductivity and magnetic susceptibility measurements from a multireceiver electromagnetic induction (EMI) instrument at a heavily shelled WW…
Reconstructing Early Neolithic Paleogeography
Well‐preserved prehistoric landscapes and sites have been found, buried deeply below the Holocene peat or floodplain deposits of “Waasland Scheldt polders.” During the mid‐to‐late Holocene, Late Weichselian (river) dunes within the floodplain and river flanks were favored locations for Final Early Neolithic occupation. Available living space was determined by the dune topography and elevation of the peat at that time. Therefore, an elevation mode…
Non-invasive research of tunneling heritage in the Ypres Salient (1914–1918) – research of the Tor Top tunnel system
Removal of sensor tilt noise in fluxgate gradiometer survey data by applying one‐dimensional wavelet filtering
Archaeological prospection with magnetometer instruments is performed in a wide range of field configurations, ranging from single probe setups to mobile arrays that allow combining multiple sensors. The latter type, whereby instruments are mounted onto a cart system, are particularly prone to motion‐induced noise. Sensor tilt, for example, causes in‐line noise that can obscure magnetic variations present. To remediate these effects, image proces…
The Ypres Salient 1914-1918
Evaluation of fluxgate magnetometry and electromagnetic induction surveys for subsurface characterization of archaeological features in World War 1 battlefields
Geophysical prospection as a noninvasive archaeological survey technique has become a widely applied discipline that is currently finding its way into the former World War 1 (WW1) battlefields. Because of the imminent danger of unexploded ordnances, noninvasiveness is the key to exploring the subsurface containing our buried heritage. Fluxgate magnetometry (FGM), a frequently applied prospection technique in archaeology and unexploded ordnance de…
Using the past to indicate the possible presence of relics in the present-day landscape
The First World War (WWI) had a notable influence on the landscape at the former Western Front in Belgium. Research on a landscape scale is necessary to understand the destructive and constructive impact of the war and its consequences for the post-war landscape in a holistic manner. This paper focuses on the trajectory and impact analysis of three study areas with contrasting landscape types and aims to indicate possible preserved military relic…
Lost but revived. Revisiting the medieval village of Nieuw‐Roeselare (Flanders) using large‐scale frequency‐domain multi‐receiver EMI and landscape archaeological prospection
During the 10th to 13th centuries, the rural settlement landscapes of the County of Flanders underwent major changes. Complex interactions between urbanization, growing comital power, demographic changes and rural development formed the basis for intensified reclamations of the landscape. Based on historical research, the ab nihilo plantation of grouped rural settlements by the counts and other landlords played an important role in the organizati…
Winter camp’ 1917
Integrated research using aerial photography, proximal soil sensing, historical research and excavations of an unusual First World War site in Flanders (Belgium) is presented. Aerial photography revealed a grid of 5x6 huts unusually close to the front line. Geophysical research indicates good preservation of these structures. A targeted excavation was carried out. The results give insight into the structure of a military camp built in autumn 1917…
Marginal Mounds and Maritime Shepherding. A Landscape Archaeological Survey of a Late Medieval Sheep Mound in the Belgian Coastal Plain
The ‘Scaperie’ site in Knokke-Heist (Belgium), identified through a topographic analysis of a sixteenth-century map and located in a maritime sedimentary environment, serves as the focal point for this research. Employing a landscape archaeological approach, this study integrates multiple data sources including ceramics, historical maps, aerial photographs, LiDAR-data, geophysical surveys, and a coring survey. The dataset revealed the remnants of…
Archaeology (15 works) · Geography (13 works) · Geology (13 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (11 works) · Engineering (10 works) · Geophysical Methods and Applications (10 works) · Remote sensing (9 works) · History (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (7 works)