Wolfgang Neubauer
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 227832 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Wolfgang Neubauer |
| PRENOMES | Wolfgang |
| SOBRENOME | Neubauer |
| ASSINATURA | NEUBAUER W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2597-3979 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 58 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 188 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1996 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Inter-site Analysis and Predictive Modelling for Middle Neolithic KGA Monuments
11 core regions with very high Kreisgrabenanlagen site density in Central Europe, KGAs selectively placed in landscape, 1st predictive modelling approach for archaeological sites in Austria
From anomaly to landscape - a multi-method approach for archaeological landscape models
Landscape models offer profound explanations for socio-cultural change, changes to medieval settlement structure due to severe flooding events
Sediment talks, or
Multi-method approach including geophysics, coring, and (p)OSL profiling and dating, Merits of analysing all four dimensions of sediment archives, Dynamic landscape history accentuated by erosion and hillslope processes
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…
The Linear Pottery Settlement Kleinhadersdorf-Marchleiten
The Linear Pottery cemetery of Kleinhadersdorf (Lower Austria) is one of the oldest and best researched in Austria. Already during the excavations in the late 1980s, it was assumed that it was the burial site of a local population, although a connection to a specific settlement could not be clarified. In order to investigate this hypothesis, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology carried out large-sc…
The Roman villa in Oberlienz-Lesendorf, Austria. GPR Survey and Archaeological Interpretation
In 2007, the remains of an extended Roman villa rustica, only partially known from old excavations, were detected through high-resolution GPR measurements at Oberlienz-Lesendorf (Austria). The archaeological prospection was conducted by the Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science (VIAS) in collaboration with the Department of Archaeologies of Innsbruck University and ZAMG Archeo Prospections. Despite the important discovery, the Roman villa i…
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…
History and Archaeology in Discourse on the Dernberg–Reconstructing the Historical Landscape of a Medieval Motte-and-Bailey Castle and Deserted Village
Investigating deserted medieval castles and villages in remote rural areas paired with a scarcity of meaningful written sources is a challenging task that can be significantly enhanced by the use of non-invasive archaeological prospection methods. Furthermore, the interpolation of stratigraphic relationships among maps by analysing paths and field boundaries, as performed by Klaus Schwarz in the 1980s, can also contribute significantly. Thus, in …
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…
Stratigraphy from Topography I. Theoretical and Practical Considerations for the Application of the Harris Matrix for the GIS-based Spatio-temporal Archaeological Interpretation of Topographical Data
Archaeological stratigraphy is usually associated with an archaeological excavation. We show that the principles of archaeological stratigraphy can be extended to the analysis of prospection data. Specifically, we present a theoretical basis for archaeological stratigraphy with particular reference to the analysis of topographic data acquired from, e.g., airborne laser scans (ALS). Building on previous approaches to archaeological stratigraphy, w…
Stratigraphy from Topography II. The Practical Application of the Harris Matrix for the GIS-based Spatio-temporal Archaeological Interpretation of Topographical Data
Traces of human activity preserved in ground surface relief can be documented using airborne laser scanning (ALS). Various visualization techniques for ALS-based digital terrain models help to enhance the micro relief and display abundant information about the earthworks of settlements, pathways, field systems, burial grounds and the like. Such remains can express a complex pattern of intersecting and overlapping relief features produced by mille…
The Seat of the Roman Governor at Carnuntum (Pannonia superior)
The Roman site of Carnuntum was once a flourishing center on the frontiers of the Roman Empire. In its heyday as the capital of the province of Pannonia superior, Carnuntum probably covered an area of almost 9 km2. The whole site was divided into a military settlement (castra and canabae legionis) and a civil town (municipium/colonia). Through a large-scale archaeological prospection project, this huge area could be investigated and analyzed in g…
The Western Suburbium in Roman Carnuntum
Infrastructure of Roman settlement deduced from geophysical prospection.– Spatio-temporal analysis by integrated archaeological interpretation
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…
Burg Schönwerth. Archäologische Re-Prospektion einer wüsten mittelalterlichen Niederungsburg in Volders, Tirol
Die einstige spätmittelalterliche Burg Schönwerth in Volders, Tirol, ist heute völlig verschwunden und nur noch aus einigen neuzeitlichen Karten und Abbildungen bekannt. Bereits 1997 konnten ihre à berreste allerdings mittels Widerstandsmessung nachgewiesen werden; weitere Feldbegehungen, bauanalytische Untersuchungen und Magnetikmessungen von 2010 erbrachten einige wichtige Einblicke in ihre Entwicklung und Konzeption. Im FrÃ1⁄4hjahr 2017 konnte…
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
Beyond the landscape
This paper describes developments in virtual archaeology that started in a research project about the possible astronomical entrance orientation of Neolithic circular ditch systems (German Kreisgrabenanlagen, KGA) of Lower Austria. Starting from data analysis in a Geographical Information System (GIS), we will cover a simple way of modelling, and discuss three ways of visualisation for the combination of landscape and human-made buildings togethe…
Survey and Sampling at the Castle Dykes Iron Age ‘Henge’, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire
Survey and sampling at the classic single-entranced henge monument at Castle Dykes, in North Yorkshire, has revealed traces of circular timber structures, interpreted as later prehistoric roundhouses, in the immediate vicinity and within the henge. Coring of the waterlogged silts of the internal ditch has produced considerable environmental data: plant, insect, pollen and charcoal remains. A small jet bead was also recovered. Radiocarbon dates fr…
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…
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…
Georadar in the Roman civil town Carnuntum, Austria
The case study presented is a prime example of integrated geophysical–archaeological prospection. The aerial photographs available are complemented by non‐destructive geomagnetic and geoelectric surveys with a reading distance of 0.5 m or less. To gain depth information and provide higher resolution, ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) data are integrated. The GPR data were collected in a 0.5 × 0.05 m raster and visualized as black‐and‐white time or d…
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 …
GIS in archaeology—the interface between prospection and excavation
Archaeological prospection and excavation have the same research objective, namely, the study of the material culture of humans. They investigate the archaeological record but are based on different physical properties and work with different resolution and instrumentation. In addition to the study of literature concerning antique discoveries and the collection and evaluation of surface finds, it is aerial archaeology and geophysical 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…
Mittelneolithische Kreisgrabenanlagen in Niederösterreich
Durch die Kombination aller verfÃ1⁄4gbaren Informationen in einem geographischen Informationssystem konnten räumliche und statistische Analysen vorgenommen werden, die auch mit den bisher bekannten Anlagen aus dem gesamten Verbreitungsraum verglichen werden. Die Datengrundlage bietet auch die Möglichkeit der virtuellen Rekonstruktion der Kreisgrabenanlagen und ermöglicht eine Untersuchung der astronomischen Aspekte der aufwendig errichteten Bauwe…
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…
Stratigraphy from Topography I. Theoretical and Practical Considerations for the Application of the Harris Matrix for the GIS-based Spatio-temporal Archaeological Interpretation of Topographical Data
Archaeological stratigraphy is usually associated with an archaeological excavation. We show that the principles of archaeological stratigraphy can be extended to the analysis of prospection data. Specifically, we present a theoretical basis for archaeological stratigraphy with particular reference to the analysis of topographic data acquired from, e.g., airborne laser scans (ALS). Building on previous approaches to archaeological stratigraphy, w…
Stratigraphy from Topography II. The Practical Application of the Harris Matrix for the GIS-based Spatio-temporal Archaeological Interpretation of Topographical Data
Traces of human activity preserved in ground surface relief can be documented using airborne laser scanning (ALS). Various visualization techniques for ALS-based digital terrain models help to enhance the micro relief and display abundant information about the earthworks of settlements, pathways, field systems, burial grounds and the like. Such remains can express a complex pattern of intersecting and overlapping relief features produced by mille…
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…
Die archäologische Landschaft von Halbturn. Ergebnisse aus drei Jahrzehnten integrierter archäologischer Prospektion
Die villa rustica von Halbturn war eine der ersten römerzeitlichen Fundstellen à sterreichs, welche in den späten 1980er und frÃ1⁄4hen 1990er Jahren mittels integrierter archäologischer Prospektion untersucht wurden. Aufgrund der Fortschritte im Bereich der nicht-invasiven Methoden groà flächiger archäologischer Prospektion wurde drei Jahrzehnte später die Landschaft der villa rustica erneut systematisch prospektiert. Dabei konnten auf einem Gebi…
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
Survey and Excavation at the Henges of the Wharfe Valley, North Yorkshire, 2013 – 15
Large scale geophysical survey has identified two classic henges in the Wharfe Valley and excavation at the henge at Yarnbury has proved its Bronze Age date, reuniting it with antiquarian finds hitherto lacking secure provenance. These henges are placed in their archaeological context suggesting that Wharfedale may have been an important route in cross-Pennine contacts during the third and second millennia BC and that the Neolithic archaeology of…
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…
Burg Schönwerth. Archäologische Re-Prospektion einer wüsten mittelalterlichen Niederungsburg in Volders, Tirol
Die einstige spätmittelalterliche Burg Schönwerth in Volders, Tirol, ist heute völlig verschwunden und nur noch aus einigen neuzeitlichen Karten und Abbildungen bekannt. Bereits 1997 konnten ihre à berreste allerdings mittels Widerstandsmessung nachgewiesen werden; weitere Feldbegehungen, bauanalytische Untersuchungen und Magnetikmessungen von 2010 erbrachten einige wichtige Einblicke in ihre Entwicklung und Konzeption. Im FrÃ1⁄4hjahr 2017 konnte…
Excavation of a Neolithic House at Yarnbury, near Grassington, North Yorkshire
Landscape geophysical survey around the small upland ‘henge’ at Yarnbury, Grassington, North Yorkshire revealed few anthropogenic features around the enclosure but did identify a small rectangular structure in the same field. Sample trenching of this feature, radiocarbon and archaeomagnetic dating proved it to be an earlier Neolithic post and wattle structure of a type that is being increasingly recognised in Ireland and the west of Britain. It i…
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…
Magnetic surveys of Early and Middle Neolithic settlements in Austria
Introduction Archaeological prospection has become more important during the last few decades because of technical developments in hard- and software. Magnetic prospecting using high resolution multisensor caesium-gradiometer systems with sensitivities of 0.005 nT is used for detailed mapping of sites detected by aerial archaeology. The instrumentation makes it possible to measure up to 1 ha/h with a resolution of 0.5 x 0.125 m. All prospection d…
Restoring magnetic anomalies
A caesium magnetometer attached to a handcart enables accurate magnetic prospection of large areas within short times. The roughness of the earth's surface, minor differences in handling the handcart and a lot of other reasons are possible sources for various errors during a survey. Standard image preprocessing methods, such as median or low-pass filtering, remove not only errors but also important information and deform the shape of magnetic ano…
Resistivity and magnetics of the Roman town Carnuntum, Austria
D-interpretation of postprocessed archaeological magnetic prospection data
Magnetic surveys carried out with an automatic caesium gradiometer in the 1980s suffer from systematic and unsystematic data errors. Recently-developed algorithms for restoring erroneous magnetic data allow postprocessing of the early surveys. The restored data are thereafter suitable for a 3D-modelling algorithm. The resulting model is used for 3D-interpretation and reconstruction of the respective monument. The processing is demonstrated on a c…
Resistivity and magnetics of the Roman town Carnuntum, Austria
In the well-known Roman town Carnuntum in the eastern part of Austria, systematic geophysical prospection has started recently. A five hectare area of the civil town, the former residence of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, was prospected by resistivity and magnetic surveys in 1996. Resistivity and magnetic surveys are arithmetically combined or colour coded in a digital image processing technique for a combined archaeological interpretation using geogra…
D-interpretation of postprocessed archaeological magnetic prospection data
D combination of prospection data
High-resolution magnetic surveys with optically pumped caesium gradiometers are visualized as digital images and interpreted on vectorized graphic layers. Interpretation of aerial photographs is done by introducing analytical photogrammetry. Final results are vectorized interpretation maps, digital terrain models, vectorized isolines and digitally rectified photographs with an accuracy of down to 10 cm. The combination of both sources of prospect…
Georadar in the Roman civil town Carnuntum, Austria
The case study presented is a prime example of integrated geophysical–archaeological prospection. The aerial photographs available are complemented by non‐destructive geomagnetic and geoelectric surveys with a reading distance of 0.5 m or less. To gain depth information and provide higher resolution, ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) data are integrated. The GPR data were collected in a 0.5 × 0.05 m raster and visualized as black‐and‐white time or d…
Geophysikalische Messungen im nordöstlichen Stadtteil von Flavia Solva
Die Jahreshefte (à Jh) stellen die jährlich erscheinende Zeitschrift des à sterreichischen Archäologischen Instituts dar und sind als das fÃ1⁄4hrende Publikationsorgan à sterreichs auf dem Gebiet der Klassischen Archäologie positioniert. Den Beiträgen nationaler und internationaler Wissenschafter ist der Jahresbericht des à sterreichischen Archäologischen Instituts angeschlossen, welcher in komprimierter Form Auskunft Ã1⁄4ber die Projekte und Akt…
Geophysikalische Messungen im nordöstlichen Stadtteil von Flavia Solva
Die Jahreshefte (à Jh) stellen die jährlich erscheinende Zeitschrift des à sterreichischen Archäologischen Instituts dar und sind als das fÃ1⁄4hrende Publikationsorgan à sterreichs auf dem Gebiet der Klassischen Archäologie positioniert. Den Beiträgen nationaler und internationaler Wissenschafter ist der Jahresbericht des à sterreichischen Archäologischen Instituts angeschlossen, welcher in komprimierter Form Auskunft Ã1⁄4ber die Projekte und Akt…
Geophysikalische Messungen im nordöstlichen Stadtteil von Flavia Solva
Die Jahreshefte (à Jh) stellen die jährlich erscheinende Zeitschrift des à sterreichischen Archäologischen Instituts dar und sind als das fÃ1⁄4hrende Publikationsorgan à sterreichs auf dem Gebiet der Klassischen Archäologie positioniert. Den Beiträgen nationaler und internationaler Wissenschafter ist der Jahresbericht des à sterreichischen Archäologischen Instituts angeschlossen, welcher in komprimierter Form Auskunft Ã1⁄4ber die Projekte und Akt…
Einsatz eines terrestrischen 3-D-Laserscanners in Ephesos
Aus dem Inhalt:JÃ1⁄4rgen BORCHHARDT, In memoriam Ekrem Akurgal; Friedrich KRINZINGER, In memoriam Bernhard Neutsch; Johanna AUINGER, Eine spätantike TogabÃ1⁄4ste aus Balçova; Dimitrios BOULASIKIS, Das sogenannte Freudenhaus zu Ephesos; Florens FELTEN Stefan HILLER Claus REINHOLDT Walter GAUSS Rudolfine SMETANA, à gina-Kolonna 2002. Vorbericht Ã1⁄4ber die Grabungen des Instituts fÃ1⁄4r Klassische Archäologie der Universität Salzburg; Verena GASSNE…
GIS in archaeology—the interface between prospection and excavation
Archaeological prospection and excavation have the same research objective, namely, the study of the material culture of humans. They investigate the archaeological record but are based on different physical properties and work with different resolution and instrumentation. In addition to the study of literature concerning antique discoveries and the collection and evaluation of surface finds, it is aerial archaeology and geophysical prospection …
Archaeological interpretation of combined magnetic and GPR surveys of the roman town Flavia Solva, Austria
The Roman Town Flavia Solva The Roman town Flavia Solva in the Roman province Noricum (Styria, Austria) shows a rectangular street system known from aerial archaeology and excavations. Flavia Solva was founded in the early 1st century AD as a dwelling of local Late Iron Age people in the Roman province of Noricum. It already got the status of a Roman municpium around 70 AD under the Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus (69-79 AD). The name of the to…
Magnetic surveys of Early and Middle Neolithic settlements in Austria
Introduction Archaeological prospection has become more important during the last few decades because of technical developments in hard- and software. Magnetic prospecting using high resolution multisensor caesium-gradiometer systems with sensitivities of 0.005 nT is used for detailed mapping of sites detected by aerial archaeology. The instrumentation makes it possible to measure up to 1 ha/h with a resolution of 0.5 x 0.125 m. All prospection d…
Combining data of different GPR systems of surveys of the roman fort Qreiye-cAyyash, Syria
Introduction The Roman fort of Qreiye-cAyyash was founded in the late 2nd or early 3rd century AD and was abandoned in the mid-third of the 3rd century AD. It is situated immediately north of the modern village of cAyyash, 12 km upstream from Deir ez-Zor in Syria, on the edge of a plateau overlooking the valley of the river Euphrates. The Roman fort comprises 220 x 220 m and was discovered in 1929 by A. Poidebard in the course of an aerial photog…
Data Processing and Image Enhancement of GPR Surveys of Roman Villas in Austria
Introduction The quality of ground penetrating radar data can suffer from many different sources of noise. Some of these sources are varying distances of the antennas to the ground due to rough surfaces, different surface conditions (e.g. compression due to tractor tracks), external electromagnetic fields and instrumental noise and instabilities (Seren, 2007). Analyses of recorded raw data and knowledge of the source of noise lead to specialised …
Simulation of astronomical aspects of Middle Neolithic circular ditch systems
Introduction The oldest Middle European monuments (approx. 4850/4750 – 4550/4500 BC) were presented in the Lower Austrian County Exhibition at Heldenberg in 2005 (Daim & Neubauer, 2005). The Middle Neolithic circular ditch systems, or Kreisgrabenanlagen (KGA), are known all over Middle Europe. These wooden monuments form a first pan-European phenomenon, crossing the cultural borders defined by the archaeological material record. One third of the …
Mittelneolithische Kreisgrabenanlagen in Niederösterreich
Durch die Kombination aller verfÃ1⁄4gbaren Informationen in einem geographischen Informationssystem konnten räumliche und statistische Analysen vorgenommen werden, die auch mit den bisher bekannten Anlagen aus dem gesamten Verbreitungsraum verglichen werden. Die Datengrundlage bietet auch die Möglichkeit der virtuellen Rekonstruktion der Kreisgrabenanlagen und ermöglicht eine Untersuchung der astronomischen Aspekte der aufwendig errichteten Bauwe…
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
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…
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…
Archäologische Untersuchung einer neuzeitlichen Klause am Falkenstein bei Sankt Gilgen, Salzburg
In a clearing on the Falkenstein, northeast of the Wolfgangsee, there is a chapel built in front of a cave. This monument, together with a nearby well, is connected to the myth of Wolfgang of Regensburg († 994). Because of this association, the site has always drawn people’s interest. Now, through analysis of historical records as well as the use of archaeological methods, it is possible to shed more light on its history. In the Middle Ages, this…
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