Magnetic Gradiometry Survey at the Urban Centre of Türkmen‐Karahöyük (Turkey)

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ID12429554
AutoresPetra M Creamer (0000-0001-9229-9676, Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies Department Emory University Atlanta Georgia USA, autor de correspondencia), Jonathan Alperstein (0009-0003-5944-4845, Ecology, Evolution, Environment, and Society Graduate Program Dartmouth College Hanover New Hampshire USA), Michele Massa (0000-0003-4992-9016, Archaeology Department Bilkent University Ankara Turkey), James Osborne (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations University of Chicago Chicago Illinois USA), James M Osborne (0000-0002-5622-0104, University of Chicago), J Casana (0000-0002-4445-1802, Anthropology Department Dartmouth College Hanover New Hampshire USA)
Año2024
Volumen32
Número2
Páginas249-261
Fecha de publicación2024-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeological Prospection (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1075-2196 • E-ISSN: 1099-0763
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/arp.1955
OpenAlexW4402140259
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas36

The understanding of urban centres in the ancient Near East, one of the main regions for investigating the development of cities, has been transformed in recent years through investigations using archaeological geophysical prospection tools. This paper presents results of our recent magnetic gradiometry survey at the large urban site of Türkmen‐Karahöyük (Konya Plain, Turkey) conducted using a SENSYS Magneto MXPDA cart‐based system. Results of the survey have successfully identified and characterized numerous areas of ancient settlement, industrial activity and burials across the massive site, offering new insights into the history of occupation at Türkmen‐Karahöyük. Our findings are thereby helping to shape future investigations at the site and, more broadly, demonstrate the opportunities and challenges presented by cart‐based geophysical survey instruments for archaeological investigations of mounded urban sites with extensive lower towns

Cartography · Geodesy · Geography · Magnetic anomaly · Magnetic survey · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Geology · Geophysics