Title :

Geophysics and preventive archaeology: comparison with trial trenching on the CSNE project (France)

Author(s) :

Hulin, Guillaume [Auteur]
Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives [Inrap]
Milieux Environnementaux, Transferts et Interactions dans les hydrosystèmes et les Sols [METIS]
Bayard, Didier [Auteur]
Service régional de l'archéologie - Hauts-de-France [SRA Hauts-de-France]
Depaepe, Pascal [Auteur]
Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives [Inrap]
Koehler, Alain [Auteur]
Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives [Inrap]
Prilaux, Gilles [Auteur]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Talon, Marc [Auteur]
Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles - Bourgogne-Franche-Comté [DRAC BFC]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]

Journal title :

ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION

Pages :

155-166

Publisher :

Wiley

Publication date :

2018-03-23

ISSN :

1075-2196

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Archéologie et Préhistoire

English abstract : [en]

Abstract Geophysical techniques are clearly beneficial for archaeology, but limits exist. A good knowledge of these limitations is important in order to estimate precisely the reliability of these remote sensing techniques. ...
Show more >Abstract Geophysical techniques are clearly beneficial for archaeology, but limits exist. A good knowledge of these limitations is important in order to estimate precisely the reliability of these remote sensing techniques. The Canal Seine‐Nord Europe project provides a good opportunity to compare geophysical results with those from trial trenching with a mechanical digger. In 2009, magnetic and resistivity surveys were undertaken over a surface of approximately 60 ha, independently of archaeological evaluation by trial trenching. Thirteen archaeological sites, mainly constituted in pits, post‐holes and ditches, were discovered in this area. Twelve of them were detected by trial trenching and only three by geophysical survey. This case study based on archaeological feedback shows that geophysics has to be used with caution for evaluation of this type of archaeological and pedological context (luvisols on decarbonated loess) very common for the north of France.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

• Histoire Archéologie Littératures des Mondes Anciens (HALMA) - UMR 8164

Source :

Harvested from HAL