Multimethodological approach to investigate chamber tombs in the Sabine Necropolis at Colledel Forno (CNR,Rome, Italy)

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-124

  Piro, Salvatore ^a   Gabrielli, Roberto ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cavity; Excavation; Ground penetrating radar; Integration; Magnetic; Resistivity; Sabine Necropolis

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651098936     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.351     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Bernabini M, Brizzolari E, Piro S. 1988. Improvement of signal-to-noise ratio in resistivity profiles. Geophysical Prospecting 36: 559-570.
2. Bozzo E, Lombardo S, Merlanti F, Pavan M. 1994. Integrated geophysical investigations at an Etrurian Settlement in Northern Appennines (Italy). Archaeological Prospection 1: 19-35.
3. Brizzolari E, Piro S, Versino L. 1992a. Monograph on the Geophysical exploration of the Selinunte Archaeological Park. Bollettino di Geofiscia Teorica ed Applicata XXXIV: 134-135.
4. Brizzolari E, Ermolli F, Orlando L, Piro S, Versino L. 1992b. Integrated geophysical methods in archaeological surveys. Journal of Applied Geophysics 29: 47-55.
5. Camerlynck C, Dabas M, Panissod C. 1994. Comparison between GPR and four Electromagnetic Methods for stone features characterization: an example. Archaeological Prospection 1: 5-17.
6. Cammarano F, Mauriello P, Patella D, Piro S. 1997a. Integrated geophysical methods for archaeological prospectings. In Volcanism and Archaeology in Mediterranean Area, Cortini M, De Vivo B (eds). Research Signpost Publishers: Trivandrum; 7-34.
7. Cammarano F, Mauriello P, Piro S. 1997b. High-resolution geophysical prospecting with integrated methods. The Ancient Acropolis of Veio (Rome, Italy). Archaeological Prospection 4: 157-164.
8. Cammarano F, Mauriello P, Patella D, Piro S, Rosso F, Versino L. 1998. Integration of high-resolution geophysical methods. Detection of shallow depth bodies of archaeological interest. Annali di Geofisica 41: 359-368.
9. Campana S, Piro S. 2008. Putting everything together: GIS based data integration and interpretation. In Seeing the Unseen. Geophysics and Landscape Archaeology, Campana S, Piro S (eds). Taylor and Francis: London; 325-330.
10. Cardarelli E, Fischanger F, Piro S. 2008. Integrated geophysical survey to detect buried structures for archaeological prospecting. A case-history at Sabine Necropolis (Rome, Italy). Near Surface Geophysics Journal (EAGE) 6: 15-20.
11. Ciminale M, Becker H, Gallo D. 2007. Integrated technologies for archaeological investigations; the Celone Valley project. Archaeological Prospection 14: 167-181.
12. Conyers LB. 2004. Ground-penetrating Radar for Archaeology. AltaMira Press: Walnut Creek, CA.
13. Conyers LB, Goodman D. 1997. Ground-penetrating Radar: An Introduction for Archaeologists. AltaMira Press: Walnut Creek, CA.
14. Diamanti NG, Tsokas GN, Tsourlos PI, Vafidis A. 2005. Integrated interpretation of geophysical data in the archaeological site of Europos (northern Greece). Archaeological Prospection 12: 79-91.
15. Finzi E, Praticelli N, Vettore L, Zaja A. 2007. Multitemporal geophysical survey of a Roman bath complex in Montegrotto Terme (Padova, northern Italy). Archaeological Prospection 14: 182-190.
16. Gaffney C, Gaffney V. 2000. Non-invasive investi-gations at Wroxeter at the end of twentieth century. Archaeological Prospection 7: 65-80.
17. Gaffney V, Patterson H, Piro S, Goodman D, Nishimura Y. 2004. Multimethodological approach to study and characterise Forum Novum (Vescovio, Central Italy). Archaeological Prospection 11: 201-212.
18. Godio A, Piro S. 2005. Integrated data processing for archaeological magnetic surveys. The Leading Edge (SEG) 24: 1138-1144.
19. Goodman D, Nishimura Y, Rogers JD. 1995. GPR time-slices in archaeological prospection. Archaeological Prospection 3: 85-89.
20. Kvamme KL. 2003. Multidimensional prospecting in North America Great Plains Village Sites. Archaeological Prospection 10: 131-142.
21. Kvamme KL. 2006. Integrating multidimensional geophysical data. Archaeological Prospection 13: 57-72.
22. Malagodi S, Orlando L, Piro S, Rosso F. 1996. Location of archaeological structures using GPR method: three-dimensional data acquisition and radar signal processing. Archaeological Prospection 3: 13-23.
23. Neubauer W, Eder-Hinterleitner A. 1997. Resistivity and magnetics of the Roman Town Carnuntum, Austria. An example of combined interpretation of prospection data. Archaeological Prospection 4: 179-189.
24. Orlando L, Piro S, Versino L. 1987. Location of subsurface geoelectric anomalies for archaeological work: a comparison between experimental arrays and interpretation using numerical methods. Geoexploration 24: 227-237.
25. Papadopoulos NG, Tsourlos PI, Tsokas GN, Sarris A. 2006. Two-dimensional and three- dimensional resistivity imaging in archaeological site investigation. Archaeological Prospection 13: 163-181.
26. Piro S. 1996. Integrated geophysical prospecting at Ripa Tetta Neolithic site (Lucera, Foggia - Italy). Archaeological Prospection 3: 81-88.
27. Piro S, Santoro P. 2001. Analisi del territorio di Colle del Forno (Montelibretti, Roma) e scavo nella necropoli sabina arcaica, Orizzonti - Rassegna di Archeologia, Vol. II. Ist. Editoriali e Poligrafici Internazionali: Roma; 197-212.
28. Piro S, Samir A, Versino L. 1998. Position and spatial orientation of magnetic bodies from archaeological magnetic surveys. Annali di Geofisica 41: 343-358.
29. Piro S, Cammarano F, Mauriello P. 2000. Quantitative integration of geophysical methods for archaeological prospection. Archaeological Prospection 7: 203-213.
30. Piro S, Tsourlos P, Tsokas GN. 2001. Cavity detection employing advanced geophysical techniques: a case study. European Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics 6: 3-31.
31. Piro S, Goodman D, Nishimura Y. 2003. The study and characterisation of Emperor Traiano's Villa (Altopiani di Arcinazzo - Roma) usinghigh-resolution integrated geophysical surveys. Archaeological Prospection 10: 1-25.
32. Piro S, Peloso D, Gabrielli R. 2007a. Integrated geophysical and topographical investigations in the territory of Ancient Tarquinia (Viterbo, Cen-tral Italy). Archaeological Prospection 14: 191-201.
33. Piro S, Sambuelli L, Godio A, Taormina R. 2007b. Beyond image analysis in processing archaeo-magnetic geophysical data: examples on chamber tombs with dromos. Near Surface Geophysics Journal (EAGE) 6: 405-414.
34. Santoro P. 1977. Colle del Forno, loc. Montelibretti (Roma). Relazione di scavo sulle campagne. 1971-1974. nella necropoli. Atti dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei XXXI: 211-298.
35. Scollar I, Tabbagh A, Hesse A, Herzog I. 1990. Archaeological Prospecting and Remote Sensing. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge.
36. Treitel S, Robinson EA. 1969. Optimum digital filters for signal to noise ratio enhancement. Geophysical Prospecting 17: 248-293.
37. Tsokas GN, Hansen RO. 1995. A comparison of inverse filtering and multiple source Wenner deconvolution for model archaeological problems. Archaeometry 37: 185-193.
38. Tsokas GN, Hansen RO. 2000. On the use of complex attribute and the inferred source parameter estimates in the exploration of archaeological sites. Archaeological Prospection 7: 17-30.
39. Tsokas GN, Tsourlos P. 1997. Transformation of the resistivity anomalies from archaeological sites by inversion filtering. Geophysics 62: 36-43.
40. Weymouth JW. 1986. Geophysical methods of archaeological site surveying. In Advances in Archaeological Method and Theory, Vol. 9, Academic Press: 311-395.