Geophysical Signatures of a Roman and Early Medieval Necropolis

TY - JOUR

T1 - Geophysical Signatures of a Roman and Early Medieval Necropolis

AU - Quesnel, Y.

AU - Jrad, A.

AU - Mocci, F.

AU - Gattacceca, J.

AU - Math‚, P._E

AU - Parisot, J._C

AU - Hermitte, D.

AU - Dumas, V.

AU - Dussouillez, P.

AU - Walsh, K.

AU - Miramont, C.

AU - Bonnet, S.

AU - Uehara, M.

PY - 2011/5/12

Y1 - 2011/5/12

N2 - The Roman and early medieval Richeaume XIII necropolis in Provence (France) was systematically studied using magnetic prospection and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT). Remains of a limestone-made building are embedded in a reddish clay formation bearing iron oxides. This produces an interesting negative magnetic anomaly, whereas the wall itself is resistive. Other dipolar magnetic anomalies are correlated with the location of sepulchres, either covered by roman, strongly magnetized tegulae, or corresponding to burnt layers of cremations. After normal data processing, filtering and modelling are applied to the magnetic field data in order to more precisely define the sources. Constraints using ERT soundings, magnetic property measurements, archaeological and geological data help to build such a source model. This study particularly emphasizes that magnetic prospection combined with ERT profiles should be suitable and sufficient on other necropolis sites in the same geological environment. Copyright ¶¸ 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

AB - The Roman and early medieval Richeaume XIII necropolis in Provence (France) was systematically studied using magnetic prospection and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT). Remains of a limestone-made building are embedded in a reddish clay formation bearing iron oxides. This produces an interesting negative magnetic anomaly, whereas the wall itself is resistive. Other dipolar magnetic anomalies are correlated with the location of sepulchres, either covered by roman, strongly magnetized tegulae, or corresponding to burnt layers of cremations. After normal data processing, filtering and modelling are applied to the magnetic field data in order to more precisely define the sources. Constraints using ERT soundings, magnetic property measurements, archaeological and geological data help to build such a source model. This study particularly emphasizes that magnetic prospection combined with ERT profiles should be suitable and sufficient on other necropolis sites in the same geological environment. Copyright ¶¸ 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

KW - archaeology

KW - cremation

KW - electrical resistivity tomography

KW - environment

KW - France

KW - magnetic

KW - Magnetics

KW - Medieval

KW - Modelling

KW - necropolis

KW - processing

KW - prospection

KW - provence

KW - Roman

KW - The

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79957511509&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1002/arp.411/abstract

DO - 10.1002/arp.411/abstract

M3 - Article

SN - 1099-0763

VL - 18

SP - 105

EP - 115

JO - Archaeological Prospection

JF - Archaeological Prospection

IS - 2

ER -