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GPR Investigations as a Tool for Revealing Ancient Structures in the Archaeological Site Orgame/Argamum, Romania
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, 74th EAGE Conference and Exhibition incorporating EUROPEC 2012, Jun 2012, cp-293-00927
- ISBN: 978-90-73834-27-9
Abstract
Orgame/Argamum is one of the most important archaeological site located on the Black Sea coast of Romania, proving more than two millennia of inhabited area. The 3D GPR survey was carried out in order to obtain more detailed information about the uppermost structure of Orgame/Argamum archaeological site, using a GSSI SIR 3000 System. For this preliminary investigation, two sites were chosen, both being recommended by the archaeological working team, which, at the moment of the data acquisition have already excavated a part of the ancient necropolis. The geophysical investigations performed on the archaeological site offered a 3D image about its subsurface structure, being in a good correlation with the direct information available in the field. Also, we were able to accurately pinpoint the future digging sites.