Applications of Geophysical Surveys for Archaeological Studies in Urban and Rural Areas in Czech Republic and Armenia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Areas
2.1.1. Charles Square (Karlovo Náměstí)
2.1.2. Old Town Square (Staroměstské Náměstí)
2.1.3. Hradčany Square (Hradčanske Náměstí)
2.1.4. Lesser Town Square (Malostranské Náměstí)
2.1.5. Armenian Sites
2.2. Methodology
2.2.1. Magnetometry
2.2.2. DEMP (Dipole Electromagnetic Profiling)
2.2.3. GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar)
2.2.4. ERT (Resistivity Tomography)
2.2.5. Gravimetry Surveying
2.2.6. Seismics
2.2.7. Data Processing
- Reflex W (seismic data processing);
- Rayfract 386 (seismic data processing);
- Radan (GPR);
- Res2DInv (resistivity tomography);
- Fast Grav (gravity data processing);
- Mag (gravity data processing);
- Geosoft (databases);
- Excel (databases);
- Voxler 4 (4D processing);
- Surfer 17 (3D pictures);
- Grapher 16 (2D and 3D graphs).
2.3. Project Management
3. Results
3.1. Charles Square
3.2. Old Town Square
3.3. Hradčany Square
- Spatial magnetometry;
- Spatial geological radar (GPR);
- Spatial dipole electromagnetic profiling (DEMP);
- Profile gravimetry;
- Profile complex seismics;
- Profile resistivity tomography (ERT).
3.4. Lesser Town Square
3.5. Armenia Sites
3.5.1. Ghanjyan Blur Site
3.5.2. Lernamerdz Site
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Bárta, J.; Belov, T.; Frolík, J.; Jirků, J. Applications of Geophysical Surveys for Archaeological Studies in Urban and Rural Areas in Czech Republic and Armenia. Geosciences 2020, 10, 356. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10090356
Bárta J, Belov T, Frolík J, Jirků J. Applications of Geophysical Surveys for Archaeological Studies in Urban and Rural Areas in Czech Republic and Armenia. Geosciences. 2020; 10(9):356. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10090356
Chicago/Turabian StyleBárta, Jaroslav, Tomáš Belov, Jan Frolík, and Jaroslav Jirků. 2020. "Applications of Geophysical Surveys for Archaeological Studies in Urban and Rural Areas in Czech Republic and Armenia" Geosciences 10, no. 9: 356. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10090356