Immo Trinks
Biographic Data
| ID | 227834 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Immo Trinks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Immo |
| FAMILY NAME | Trinks |
| SIGNATURE | TRINKS I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Age Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9447-7691 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 44 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 142 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 43 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Optimizing Strategies for Non‐Invasive Prospection of Settlements in the Intertidal Zone
Medieval and early modern drowned villages in the intertidal zone of the Scheldt estuary (the Netherlands) constitute intriguing yet largely understudied components of north‐western Europe's underwater cultural heritage. Despite their high archaeological potential as time capsules of past settlement landscapes, research has remained limited due to the lack of survey methodologies adapted to dynamic intertidal environments. In this study, we prese…
Advancing Underwater Archaeological Prospection in Austrian Lakes
Advanced extensive high-resolution underwater 3D photogrammetry, Documenting threats posed by invasive Quagga mussels
Development and Initial Field Applications of the AutoMira System for semi-autonomous Large-Scale Geophysical Surveys
Autonomous navigation with multi-channel GPR for efficient surveys, Field trials at Blomsholm revealed detailed subsurface structures, Innovations in hardware, software, and data management enhance prospection
Geophysical investigation of a Viking Age harbour on the Island of Amrum (DE)
Multimethod (Aerial Photos, Magnetic Gradiometry, FDEMI and GPR) investigations into fist millennium AD settlements on the island of Amrum, finding a Viking Age harbour site
Extracting archaeological information from geophysical prospection data
Optimal processing leads to maximisation of the archaeological information obtained
Visualising the invisible – Archaeogeophysical research at manor houses in the Baltic Sea Region
Manor houses, gardens, and parks are studied via geophysical and historical data, GPR visualized a uniquely well-preserved baroque garden layout in Sweden
Integrating Geophysical Prospection and 3D Surface Documentation of the Former Währinger Allgemeiner Friedhof, Vienna
Combined application of 3D surface and subsurface models, Cultural-historical transition of a former cemetery into a publicly popular park, Urban archaeology by geophysics, historical sources and old excavations
High-Resolution GPR Survey for Archaeological Mapping in Forested Environments
RTK-GNSS with high-resolution GPR enabled prospection in forested environment, Significant Archaeological features detected at the site of Gryet, Spring-time survey led to useful RTK-GNSS accuracy
In Memoriam
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…
Multi-Method Archaeological Prospection and Integrated Interpretation. Investigation of the Kreuttal Area in Austria
Since its foundation in 2010, the Vienna-based Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology (LBI ArchPro) has been investigating the Kreuttal, an area located 25 km north of Vienna, as one of several case studies. Different methods have been tested and developed for efficient archaeological prospection. The methods applied include geophysical prospection, airborne and terrestrial laser scanning, aerial photogr…
Multimodal Remote Sensing Applications in the Etruscan-Roman City of Vulci
Vulci (Viterbo Province, Italy) was one of the most important Etruscan city-states in the 1st millennium b.c. and became a Roman city in 280 b.c. The habitation site had over 1500 years of continuous life and a very large funerary area around the volcanic plateau. An international research cooperation investigated the site in 2014–2019 using remote sensing technologies and conducting archaeological excavations in the urban area. This paper presen…
GPR Coherence Imaging Examples
Large-scale high-resolution multi-trace GPR coherency imaging enables novel data visualisations to enhance the contrast of certain archaeological structures that otherwise are difficult to see.– We will illustrate why data coherence visualisations can give good results at some sites and bad, if not ugly at others
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
Multi-Trace Coherence Mapping and Data Fusion for Improved GPR Imaging
Usually only GPR reflection amplitudes are imaged, while GPR data contain far more information.– Multi-trace GPR coherency visualisations offer new insights into structures otherwise hardly visible.– Image fusing permits the combined display of different GPR data attributes (amplitude and coherency)
Clunia Revisited – The Inverse Feedback Case
Comparison of GPR data collected manually in 1999 with high-resolution data acquired with motorized array GPR in 2015.– Interpretation of the high-resolution GPR data with regard to excavation results from 1884
Traces of a Swedish army camp from 1644 revealed at Uppåkra by extensive magnetometer survey
In the framework of an archaeological prospection case study conducted at the Swedish Iron Age site of Uppåkra near Lund, a large number of anomalies caused by buried archaeological remains were detected using extensive magnetic surveys. Written sources report that the Swedish army under Field marshal Gustav Horn had established a camp near the village of Uppåkra in autumn 1644, awaiting the approaching Danish army. Magnetic anomalies of two larg…
Nondestructive Subsurface Mapping in Field Archaeology
Vias – the Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science
The Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science (VIAS) was founded within the University of Vienna in 1992 as a forward-looking transdisciplinary institution. VIAS aims to develop and integrate methods from the natural sciences in a dynamic relationship with the culture-oriented investigative frameworks of archaeology, and to provide support, knowledge and partnership in multidisciplinary research programmes and projects. VIAS functions as a core…
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 …
Halls at Borre
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…
Large‐area high‐resolution ground‐penetrating radar measurements for archaeological prospection
Traditionally, ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) measurements for near‐surface geophysical archaeological prospection are conducted with single‐channel systems using GPR antennae mounted in a cart similar to a pushchair, or towed like a sledge behind the operator. The spatial data sampling of such GPR devices for the non‐invasive detection and investigation of buried cultural heritage was, with very few exceptions, at best 25 cm in cross‐line direct…
Geoarchaeological evaluation of ground penetrating radar and magnetometry surveys at the Iron Age burial mound Rom in Norway
Following magnetometry and ground penetrating radar surveys, a geoarchaeological field evaluation was carried out at the Iron Age burial mound of Rom in Slagendalen, Vestfold County, Norway, in order to assess the accuracy of the geophysical data interpretation and to investigate specific questions that have arisen during data interpretation. The evaluation was conducted within the framework of an archaeological excavation campaign in 2013, which…
Large‐scale geophysical archaeological prospection pilot study at Viking Age and medieval sites in west Jutland, Denmark
In 2014, a team of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology, in collaboration with Holstebro Museum, conducted a geophysical archaeological prospection pilot study at several Viking Age and medieval sites in West Jutland, Denmark; sites that had been discovered earlier by aerial archaeology. The high‐resolution surveys employed motorized ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetometer systems as well a…
Large‐area high‐resolution ground‐penetrating radar measurements for archaeological prospection
Traditionally, ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) measurements for near‐surface geophysical archaeological prospection are conducted with single‐channel systems using GPR antennae mounted in a cart similar to a pushchair, or towed like a sledge behind the operator. The spatial data sampling of such GPR devices for the non‐invasive detection and investigation of buried cultural heritage was, with very few exceptions, at best 25 cm in cross‐line direct…
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 …
Efficient, large‐scale archaeological prospection using a true three‐dimensional ground‐penetrating Radar Array system
The Swedish UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site of the Birka and Hovgården Iron Age settlements is well suited for the testing of high‐resolution archaeological prospection methods. In May 2006 ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetometer test measurements were conducted at Birka, resulting in data of outstanding quality and new archaeological discoveries, but also demonstrating the need for increased spatial sampling regarding GPR prospection…
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…
First High‐resolution GPR and Magnetic Archaeological Prospection at the Viking Age Settlement of Birka in Sweden
In May 2006 high‐resolution measurements using ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetic gradiometer systems conducted over selected areas at the site of the Viking Age settlement and trading place Birka in central Sweden demonstrated the suitability of these methods for archaeological prospection of Scandinavian proto‐urban settlements. The non‐invasive geophysical surveys revealed numerous structural details of the settlement: houses, propert…
Palaeoenvironmental analysis of large-scale, high-resolution GPR and magnetometry data sets
Interdisciplinary archaeological prospection, excavation and 3D documentation exemplified through the investigation of a burial at the Iron Age settlement site of Uppåkra in Sweden
This paper presents the archaeological prospection, excavation and digital three‐dimensional documentation of a previously unknown neolithic grave, presumably late neolithic, at the outstanding Iron Age site of Uppåkra in southern Sweden, and exemplifies a multidisciplinary approach to modern archaeological fieldwork. In the framework of a large‐scale archaeological prospection pilot study conducted at the archaeological site of Uppåkra using rem…
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 …
Geoarchaeological evaluation of ground penetrating radar and magnetometry surveys at the Iron Age burial mound Rom in Norway
Following magnetometry and ground penetrating radar surveys, a geoarchaeological field evaluation was carried out at the Iron Age burial mound of Rom in Slagendalen, Vestfold County, Norway, in order to assess the accuracy of the geophysical data interpretation and to investigate specific questions that have arisen during data interpretation. The evaluation was conducted within the framework of an archaeological excavation campaign in 2013, which…
Large‐scale geophysical archaeological prospection pilot study at Viking Age and medieval sites in west Jutland, Denmark
In 2014, a team of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology, in collaboration with Holstebro Museum, conducted a geophysical archaeological prospection pilot study at several Viking Age and medieval sites in West Jutland, Denmark; sites that had been discovered earlier by aerial archaeology. The high‐resolution surveys employed motorized ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetometer systems as well a…
Archaeological prospection of a specialized cooking‐pit site at Lunde in Vestfold, Norway
In September 2010, an exceptionally large cooking‐pit site was discovered by means of geophysical prospection at Lunde in Vestfold County, Norway. The site contains in excess of 1000 cooking‐pits and is, to date, one of the largest of its kind discovered in Scandinavia. Features known as cooking‐pits are ubiquitous on Northern European archaeological sites. Despite research spanning decades, however, the true function and role of this rather non‐…
Halls at Borre
Integration of Complementary Archaeological Prospection Data from a Late Iron Age Settlement at Vesterager—Denmark
Archaeological prospection in the Swedish mountain tundra region
Introduction During the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 scientists from over 60 nations have examined the Arctic and Antarctic environments from different scientific perspectives in over 200 different projects. The focus of the IPY in Sweden has been set on studies of climate change as well as of human cultures and societies in the polar region. These studies were considered important not only from an environmental but also from a cultur…
Mapping the urban subsoil using ground penetrating radar – challenges and potentials for archaeological prospection
Introduction Over the course of centuries city centres have been continuously changing, developing and adapting to the requirements of society, architectural planning and advancing technology. Urbanisation increases the pressure on cities and towns, causing their expansion and demanding the exploitation of the limited space in their centres. This exploitation is endangering cultural heritage in the urban subsoil, posing a challenge for archaeolog…
Multi-Method Archaeological Prospection and Integrated Interpretation. Investigation of the Kreuttal Area in Austria
Since its foundation in 2010, the Vienna-based Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology (LBI ArchPro) has been investigating the Kreuttal, an area located 25 km north of Vienna, as one of several case studies. Different methods have been tested and developed for efficient archaeological prospection. The methods applied include geophysical prospection, airborne and terrestrial laser scanning, aerial photogr…
Multimodal Remote Sensing Applications in the Etruscan-Roman City of Vulci
Vulci (Viterbo Province, Italy) was one of the most important Etruscan city-states in the 1st millennium b.c. and became a Roman city in 280 b.c. The habitation site had over 1500 years of continuous life and a very large funerary area around the volcanic plateau. An international research cooperation investigated the site in 2014–2019 using remote sensing technologies and conducting archaeological excavations in the urban area. This paper presen…
Pixel versus object — A comparison of strategies for the semi-automated mapping of archaeological features using airborne laser scanning data
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…
A short review of the use of geophysical prospection methods in Swedish archaeology
Introduction Geophysical prospection has a long history in Sweden, searching for ore bodies and investigating geology, connected to Sweden’s long mining traditions. In archaeology the situation has been quite the opposite. Swedish archaeologists have generally been quite skeptic to use geophysical methods, and as a consequence only a handful geophysical prospection surveys has been conducted each year since the late 1970s. However the last years …
GPR prospection at Borgholm castle, Öland, Sweden
South of the town of Borgholm on the island of Öland, Borgholm castle is located in a barren landscape on a limestone plateau offering great views over Kalmar Sound. It is a well known historical building in Sweden, reflecting various different building styles. The first castle was built in the 12th century and contained a circular defense tower. In 1572-1589 it was converted into an impressive Renaissance castle, which was heavily damaged during…
Archaeological prospection in the Swedish mountain tundra region
Introduction During the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008 scientists from over 60 nations have examined the Arctic and Antarctic environments from different scientific perspectives in over 200 different projects. The focus of the IPY in Sweden has been set on studies of climate change as well as of human cultures and societies in the polar region. These studies were considered important not only from an environmental but also from a cultur…
Efficient, large-scale archaeological prospection using a true 3D GPR array system
Introduction Many case studies in the past have shown that non-destructive GPR prospection can be used successfully to generate high-resolution images of the subsurface. The method can be of great value both to pin-point areas for future excavations and to gain information of areas where digs may be fruitless or should be avoided in order to protect the buried structures. However, traditional archaeological GPR prospection covering large areas ge…
Mapping the urban subsoil using ground penetrating radar – challenges and potentials for archaeological prospection
Introduction Over the course of centuries city centres have been continuously changing, developing and adapting to the requirements of society, architectural planning and advancing technology. Urbanisation increases the pressure on cities and towns, causing their expansion and demanding the exploitation of the limited space in their centres. This exploitation is endangering cultural heritage in the urban subsoil, posing a challenge for archaeolog…
Efficient, large‐scale archaeological prospection using a true three‐dimensional ground‐penetrating Radar Array system
The Swedish UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site of the Birka and Hovgården Iron Age settlements is well suited for the testing of high‐resolution archaeological prospection methods. In May 2006 ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetometer test measurements were conducted at Birka, resulting in data of outstanding quality and new archaeological discoveries, but also demonstrating the need for increased spatial sampling regarding GPR prospection…
A review of the use of geophysical archaeological prospection in Sweden
While geophysical prospection for iron ores has a long history in Sweden the use of geophysical archaeological prospection has been limited compared to other countries. In this paper we discuss the likely reasons for this situation and present a brief history of geophysical prospection and in particular geophysical archaeological prospection in Sweden. The first use of different prospection methods, such as metal detection, earth resistance, magn…
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 …
Archaeological Prospection
The capabilities of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) were studied in a sand box under controlled conditions.To reduce the size of the necessary sand box, the structures were scaled by 50 per cent and the antenna frequency used was doubled from 500 MHz to 900 MHz.Blocks of concrete were buried to model Roman walls.Initial tests showed a great effect of the antenna orientation on the visibility of the structures, which is difficult to account for dur…
Archaeological Prospection of the Unesco World Cultural Hertitage Site Birka-Hovgården
The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2012. Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke
The third season of excavation at Hala Sultan Tekke added knowledge to the project, the main objective of which is the investigation and determination of the complete occupational sequence of the pre-12th century BC levels. New walled and open spaces from Strata 1 and 2 were exposed in Area 6. Another pictorial krater with birds was excavated. The terminology for the much discussed Cypriote-produced White Painted Wheel-made ware has been revised …
First High‐resolution GPR and Magnetic Archaeological Prospection at the Viking Age Settlement of Birka in Sweden
In May 2006 high‐resolution measurements using ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetic gradiometer systems conducted over selected areas at the site of the Viking Age settlement and trading place Birka in central Sweden demonstrated the suitability of these methods for archaeological prospection of Scandinavian proto‐urban settlements. The non‐invasive geophysical surveys revealed numerous structural details of the settlement: houses, propert…
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…
The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2014. Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke
The initial aim of the project—the search for the oldest city of Hala Sultan Tekke—continued in 2014. Geophysical methods were used, which led to the discovery of new city quarters, and a broadening of the research objectives, to include revealing the total extent of the city. The GPR survey indicated a huge stone compound of at least 50 m × 40 m to the west of a probable street. Excavations continued in Area 6 West, where in 2013 a domestic and …
Interdisciplinary archaeological prospection, excavation and 3D documentation exemplified through the investigation of a burial at the Iron Age settlement site of Uppåkra in Sweden
This paper presents the archaeological prospection, excavation and digital three‐dimensional documentation of a previously unknown neolithic grave, presumably late neolithic, at the outstanding Iron Age site of Uppåkra in southern Sweden, and exemplifies a multidisciplinary approach to modern archaeological fieldwork. In the framework of a large‐scale archaeological prospection pilot study conducted at the archaeological site of Uppåkra using rem…
Pixel versus object — A comparison of strategies for the semi-automated mapping of archaeological features using airborne laser scanning data
Geoarchaeological evaluation of ground penetrating radar and magnetometry surveys at the Iron Age burial mound Rom in Norway
Following magnetometry and ground penetrating radar surveys, a geoarchaeological field evaluation was carried out at the Iron Age burial mound of Rom in Slagendalen, Vestfold County, Norway, in order to assess the accuracy of the geophysical data interpretation and to investigate specific questions that have arisen during data interpretation. The evaluation was conducted within the framework of an archaeological excavation campaign in 2013, which…
Large‐scale geophysical archaeological prospection pilot study at Viking Age and medieval sites in west Jutland, Denmark
In 2014, a team of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology, in collaboration with Holstebro Museum, conducted a geophysical archaeological prospection pilot study at several Viking Age and medieval sites in West Jutland, Denmark; sites that had been discovered earlier by aerial archaeology. The high‐resolution surveys employed motorized ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and magnetometer systems as well a…
Archaeological prospection of a specialized cooking‐pit site at Lunde in Vestfold, Norway
In September 2010, an exceptionally large cooking‐pit site was discovered by means of geophysical prospection at Lunde in Vestfold County, Norway. The site contains in excess of 1000 cooking‐pits and is, to date, one of the largest of its kind discovered in Scandinavia. Features known as cooking‐pits are ubiquitous on Northern European archaeological sites. Despite research spanning decades, however, the true function and role of this rather non‐…
Integration of Complementary Archaeological Prospection Data from a Late Iron Age Settlement at Vesterager—Denmark
Palaeoenvironmental analysis of large-scale, high-resolution GPR and magnetometry data sets
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…
Large‐area high‐resolution ground‐penetrating radar measurements for archaeological prospection
Traditionally, ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) measurements for near‐surface geophysical archaeological prospection are conducted with single‐channel systems using GPR antennae mounted in a cart similar to a pushchair, or towed like a sledge behind the operator. The spatial data sampling of such GPR devices for the non‐invasive detection and investigation of buried cultural heritage was, with very few exceptions, at best 25 cm in cross‐line direct…
Nondestructive Subsurface Mapping in Field Archaeology
Vias – the Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science
The Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science (VIAS) was founded within the University of Vienna in 1992 as a forward-looking transdisciplinary institution. VIAS aims to develop and integrate methods from the natural sciences in a dynamic relationship with the culture-oriented investigative frameworks of archaeology, and to provide support, knowledge and partnership in multidisciplinary research programmes and projects. VIAS functions as a core…
Archaeology (30 works) · Geography (30 works) · Geology (25 works) · Prospection (25 works) · Geophysical Methods and Applications (20 works) · Ground-Penetrating Radar (20 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (16 works) · Radar (16 works) · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction (14 works) · Remote sensing (14 works)