A Multi-Methodological Approach for Archaeology

Archeologycal and geophysical sciences proceeded parallely for years, reaching different goals but following common task to improve the knowledge of the subsurface. Today these sciences are approaching very close, even because of the successes that geophysics is getting with the help of electronics and informatics for archaeological discoveries. Modern technologies allow to obtain defined and clear subsoil images, spending quite short time to recognize where focusing the attention of excavations. In order to obtain the best results, archaeological studies before excavation must includes: an accurate historical and bibliographical research, and a comparison of the data obtained with different geophysical surveys carried out in the same area considered interesting from the archaeological point of view. Comparison of different geophysical methods, allows to have confirmation of what every single method points out, therefore, the synergy between the two figures, the archaeologist and the geophysical, can surely create a winning combination.