Ground-penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography surveys at the Cerrate Abbey (Lecce, Italy)

Giovanni Leucci; Lara De Giorgi; Immacolata Ditaranto; Ilaria Miccoli; Giuseppe Scardozzi

doi:10.1080/08123985.2021.2006574

ISSN: 0812-3985
E-ISSN: 1834-7533

Ground-penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography surveys at the Cerrate Abbey (Lecce, Italy)
Authors Giovanni Leucci¹, Lara De Giorgi¹, Immacolata Ditaranto¹, Ilaria Miccoli¹ and Giuseppe Scardozzi¹
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¹ National Research Council, Institute for Heritage Science, , Lecce, , Italy
Publisher: Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
Source: Exploration Geophysics, Volume 53, Issue 5, Sep 2022, p. 563 - 574
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08123985.2021.2006574
- Received: 18 Feb 2021
- Accepted: 08 Nov 2021
- Published online: 03 Sep 2022

Abstract

The results of the geophysical surveys carried out in 2019 in the Abbey of Santa Maria di Cerrate (Lecce) are presented in this paper. The objective of this study was to achieve a better knowledge of the site, since it was only partially investigated by small archaeological excavation samples. The geophysical measurements were conducted inside and outside the church in order to identify buried ancient structures, using both the georadar and geoelectrical survey methodologies. The results of GPR (ground-penetrating radar), ERT (electrical resistivity tomography) and IP (induced polarisation) were jointly analysed with archaeological data already known and were georeferenced on the general plans of the site in order to obtain an overall view of the anomalies detected by geophysical instrumentation and probably linked to buried ancient structures.

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Keyword(s): archaeology; Cerrate Abbey; ERT; GPR; middle ages

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