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Good Practice in Archaeological Diagnostics

Non-invasive Survey of Complex Archaeological Sites

  • Presents the state of the art in archaeological diagnostics
  • Related to the major European-funded project Radio-Past
  • Covers the full range of archaeological diagnostics
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Natural Science in Archaeology (ARCHAEOLOGY)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
  2. Remote Sensing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
    2. Aerial Photography in Archaeology

      • Giuseppe Ceraudo
      Pages 11-30
    3. Undistorting the Past: New Techniques for Orthorectification of Archaeological Aerial Frame Imagery

      • Geert Verhoeven, Christopher Sevara, Wilfried Karel, Camillo Ressl, Michael Doneus, Christian Briese
      Pages 31-67
  3. Geophysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
    2. Magnetic Exploration of Archaeological Sites

      • Bruce W. Bevan, Tatiana N. Smekalova
      Pages 133-152
    3. Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR)

      • Alexandre Novo
      Pages 165-176
    4. Interpretation and Guidelines for Reporting

      • Cornelius Meyer
      Pages 177-190
  4. Topographic and Geoarchaeological Surveys

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
    2. Intra-site Artefact Surveys

      • John Bintliff
      Pages 193-207
    3. Creating and Analysing Digital Terrain Models for Archaeological Research

      • José-Ángel Martínez-del-Pozo, Victorino Mayoral-Herrera, Pedro Ortiz-Coder
      Pages 227-243
    4. The Geoarchaeological Approach

      • Eric Fouache
      Pages 245-252
  5. Visualisation and Site Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253

About this book


This volume represents the most important “deliverable” of the European-funded project Radio-Past (www.radiopast.eu). It is intended to disseminate the key results achieved in the form of methodological guidelines for the application of non-destructive approaches in order to understand, visualize and manage complex archaeological sites, in particular large multi-period settlements whose remains are still mostly buried. The authors were selected from among the project research “staff” but also from among leading international specialists who served as speakers at the two international events organized in the framework of the project (the Valle Giulia Colloquium of Rome – 2009 and the Colloquium of Ghent – 2013) and at the three Specialization Fora, the high formation training activities organized in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

As such, the book offers contributions on diverse aspects of the research process (data capture, data management, data elaboration, data visualization and site management), presenting the state of the art and drafting guidelines for good practice in each field.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Humanities, University of Cassino, Cassino, Italy

    Cristina Corsi

  • Department of Archaeology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Božidar Slapšak

  • Department of Archaeology, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium

    Frank Vermeulen

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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