Non-destructive technique to investigate an archaeological structure: A GPR survey in the Domus Aurea (Rome, Italy)

Proceedings of the 13th Internarional Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar, GPR 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Barone, P M ^a   Mattei, E ^a   Lauro, S E ^a   Pettinelli, E ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaeological structure; Diagnostic technique; Domus Aurea; GPR; Non destructive survey

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DOMUS AUREA; GPR; NON DESTRUCTIVE;

GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; RADAR; RESTORATION;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 77956528484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGPR.2010.5550087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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