2020
DOI: 10.3390/rs12152450
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Geological Challenges of Archaeological Prospecting: The Northern Peloponnese as a Type Location of Populated Syn-Rift Settings

Abstract: The Northern Peloponnese is not only home of a series of ancient poleis that are being studied by archaeologists, but it is also located on the southern shoulder of the most active extensional crustal structure in the world; the Corinthian rift. This rift has shaped the Northern Peloponnese as we now see it today since the Pliocene. Normal faulting, the tectonic uplift of syn-rift sediments and sea level changes, has shaped a landscape of steps rising from the coast to the ridges in the hinterland that provide… Show more

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“…As outlined in Rusch et al (2020), additional investigations with GPR (Figure 2c) and ERT (Figure 2d) have uncovered similar patterns. However, the results were not conclusive enough to decide without doubt if this feature is indeed caused by a system of buried or partially filled cavities that could indicate the presence of chamber tombs (Figure 2f; Cavanagh & Mee, 1998) or are related to geological structures consisting of conglomerate blocks embedded in the surrounding marl (Figure 2e).…”
Section: Investigation Site and Motivationsupporting
confidence: 74%
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“…As outlined in Rusch et al (2020), additional investigations with GPR (Figure 2c) and ERT (Figure 2d) have uncovered similar patterns. However, the results were not conclusive enough to decide without doubt if this feature is indeed caused by a system of buried or partially filled cavities that could indicate the presence of chamber tombs (Figure 2f; Cavanagh & Mee, 1998) or are related to geological structures consisting of conglomerate blocks embedded in the surrounding marl (Figure 2e).…”
Section: Investigation Site and Motivationsupporting
confidence: 74%
“…But this structure occurs in an area consisting of weathered conglomerate showing similar blocky cross sections. The structure was found in a previous survey by Rusch et al (2020). In this case, the general low magnetic contrasts of archaeological and geological materials had motivated the additional application of GPR and ERT which had been applied successfully in the particular geological setting of Aigeira beforehand.…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 71%
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