Ground-penetrating Radar and Magnetometry for Buried Landscape Analysis by Lawrence B. Conyers

Author:Lawrence B. Conyers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

Reference

Conyers LB (2012) Interpreting ground-penetrating radar for archaeology. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, New York

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Lawrence B. ConyersGround-penetrating Radar and Magnetometry for Buried Landscape AnalysisSpringerBriefs in Geographyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70890-4_5

5. Roman Temple in England

Lawrence B. Conyers1

(1)Department of Anthropology, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA

Lawrence B. Conyers

Email: [email protected]

Abstract

A buried Roman temple in England was readily mapped using GPR amplitude slice-maps, but was difficult to identify with magnetic mapping. An integration of the two methods shows that the temple and its surrounding precinct has distinct walls, which produce radar reflections. Those walls are not composed of stones that are magnetic, and are slightly less magnetic than the surrounding ground. Areas where the stones had been robbed in trenches, and then those trenches were backfilled with soil and sediment, appear as negative magnetic anomalies. Two very highly magnetic areas north and south of the temple complex were places where burned materials were placed in excavated holes in the ground. In one of those holes distinct horizontal surfaces are visible with GPR adjacent to the holes, which may be the floors of buildings that stood there prior to the temple construction, and which were burned and pushed into the hole. A small post-Roman period building that was likely constructed of wood within what were still standing walls of the temple was effectively invisible in the magnetic maps, and very difficult to see in GPR maps. The GPR reflection profiles across this small building show that it was filled with sediment, and contains a possible hearth, visible with magnetic readings.

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