Confrontation of geophysical survey, soil studies and excavation data to evidence tillage erosion

A Late Holocene case study from south‐west France: Combining geomorphology and geophysics to understand archaeological site morphology

“…This method allows obtaining detailed images on the lateral and vertical distribution of electrical resistivity in the studied part of the subsoil, using advanced, efficient and reliable 2D and 3D inversion algorithms (Abu‐Zeid, 2002; Jongmans & Garambois, 2007). Other authors have drawn attention to the relationship between geophysics and archaeology (Apostolopoulos & Kapetanios, 2021; Becker, 1995; Dalan & Banerjee, 1996; Eppelbaum et al, 2001; Leucci et al, 2016; Querrien et al, 2009; Trinks et al, 2018; Tsourlos & Tsokas, 2011), demonstrating the potential of magnetism, soil GPR for archaeological studies but also that electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is a valuable method for the investigation of underground structures and archaeological features. ERT and ground penetrating radar are also capable of detecting subsurface cavities (Hojat et al, 2020; Kofman et al, 2006; Park et al, 2014; Rousset et al, 1998).…”

Application of geophysical methods for monitoring of surface and subsurface changes of origin archaeological terrains &ndahs; case studies of sites in the Czech Republic

“…With the same method we can also separate burned materials in fortifications or other features and places of some production activity. Level of magnetic anomalies can give as also information about the state of subsoil preservation of features, generally also about changes of preservation and erosion of site (Querrien, 2009, Křivánek e al., 2013. Substantial restrictions on the application of magnetometry, however, is the contamination of area by magnetically interfering materials, the presence of modern metals, range of backfills or other recent disruption of the origin relief of site.…”