Integrated geophysical survey to detect buried structures for archaeological prospecting. A case-history at Sabine Necropolis (Rome, Italy)

Near Surface Geophysics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-20

  Cardarelli, Ettore ^a   Fischanger, F ^b   Piro, S ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Geostudi Astier Srl   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BURIED STRUCTURE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; INVERSE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 38849209109     PISSN: 15694445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3997/1873-0604.2007027     Document Type: Article

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