Archaeogeophysics

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Geophysical Techniques Applied in Archaeology

   • Gad El-Qady, Mohamed Metwaly, Mahmut Göktuğ Drahor

   Pages 1-25

3. Integrated Geophysical Investigations in Archaeological Sites: Case Studies from Turkey

   • Mahmut Göktuğ Drahor

   Pages 27-68

4. Application of Tensorial Electrical Resistivity Mapping to Archaeological Prospection

   • Mihály Varga, Attila Novák, Sándor Szalai, László Szarka

   Pages 69-81

5. Combined Seismic Tomographic and Ultra-Shallow Seismic Reflection Study of an Early Dynastic Mastaba, Saqqara, Egypt

   • Mohamed Metwaly, Alan G. Green, Heinrich Horstmeyer, Hansruedi Maurer, Abbas M. Abbas

   Pages 83-99

6. Archaeological Geophysics in Portugal: Some Survey Examples

   • António Correia

   Pages 101-124

7. Integrated Geophysical Methods for Detecting Archaeological Han Dynasty Tombs

   • Man Li, Zhiyong Zhang, David C. Nobes, Jun Yang

   Pages 125-135

8. Geomagnetism Exploration of the Egyptian Archaeology: Thirty-Years of Success and Challenges

   • T. Abdallatif, H. H. Odah, A. E. El Emam, A. Mohsen

   Pages 137-168

9. The Utility of Geophysical Models in Archaeology: Illustrative Case Studies

   • M. Teresa Teixidó, José Antonio Peña

   Pages 169-181

10. Ground Penetrating Radar Resolution in Archaeological Geophysics

    • David C. Nobes, Juzhi Deng

    Pages 183-204

11. The Standardized Pricking Probe Surveying and Its Use in Archaeology

    • S. Szalai, I. Lemperger, Á. M. Pattantyús, L. Szarka

    Pages 205-217

12. Geophysical Imaging of an Early Nineteenth Century Colonial Defensive Blockhouse: Applications of EM Directionality and Multi-parameter Imaging

    • David C. Nobes, Lynda R. Wallace

    Pages 219-232

13. Geophysical Assessment and Mitigation of Degraded Archaeological Sites in Luxor Egypt

    • Ahmed Ismail

    Pages 233-242

14. Integrated Geophysical Techniques for Archaeological Remains: Real Cases and Full Scale Laboratory Example

    • E. Rizzo, L. Capozzoli

    Pages 243-253

15. What Is Conservation Plan?

    • Mohsen M. Saleh

    Pages 255-273

16. Back Matter

    Pages 275-276

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This book describes the application of non-destructive geophysical methods in subsurface archaeological features. Such non-destructive methods are magnetometry, electrical resistance, electromagnetic conductivity, magnetic susceptibility and ground penetrating radar. This book also includes the last improvements in instrumentation, data processing, and interpretations of the collected data sets leading to the rapid progress in geophysical applications in the field of archaeological investigations. The book also provides complete case-studies and archaeological interpretation obtained our results carried out in different localities around the world.

• Archaeological interpretation
• Integrated geophysical approach
• Magnetic gradiometry
• Electrical resistivity tomography
• Ground penetrating radar
• nondestructive identification methods
• remote sensing/photogrammetry

“The wide breadth of this collection makes the book interesting to the casual archaeology enthusiast and the geophysicist interested in expanding the use of the techniques to new and varied problems. The wide range of areas and targets makes this a fascinating and highly educational read and could even serve as a text for this type of geophysical activity.” (Bob Avakian, The Leading Edge, Vol. 38 (10), October, 2019)      

• National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Cairo, Egypt

  Gad El-Qady

• National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Helen, Cairo, Egypt

  Mohamed Metwaly

• Department of Archaeology, College of Tourism and Archaeology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  Mohamed Metwaly

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