Inside a mound:

Persson, Kjell; Olofsson, Bo

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2003.10.003

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“…unmarked burials are many and have had varied success, for example, locating archaeological graves in Jordan (Frohlich and Lancaster, 1986) and Turkey (Arisoy et al, 2007), Kings' Mounds in Sweden (Persson and Olofsson, 2004), Icelandic Viking/Medieval graves (Damiata et al, 2013), North American Indian historic burial grounds (Bigman, 2012), th century cemeteries and graveyards in New Zealand (Nobes, 1999), the USA (Bevan, 1991;Ellwood et al, 1994;Doolittle & Bellantoni, 2010;Dalan et al, 2010;Honerkamp and Crook, 2012;Bigman, 2014), Australia (Buck, 2003), the UK (Hansen et al, 2014), to 19 th century Irish Famine victims (Ruffell et al, 2009) and 20 th century Svalbard Spanish Flu victims (Davis et al, 2000). The advantages of archaeological surveys are that there is usually little time constraint; however for forensic and time-limited geophysical surveys the need to rapidly characterise a site and identify potential burial position(s) is paramount (e.g.…”

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Detection and characterisation of Black Death burials by multi-proxy geophysical methods

Dick

Pringle

Sloane

et al. 2015

Journal of Archaeological Science

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The Crossrail underground network extension discovered well preserved skeletons shallowly buried in Central London in 2013. Subsequent carbon dating and aDNA analysis confirmed the archaeological age and presence of the Yersinia pestis "Black Death" plague epidemic strain. Here we present the non-invasive multi-proxy geophysical survey of the adjacent Charterhouse Square, rapidly undertaken to detect any further burials and characterise the site. Historical records suggested the area was a burial ground for Black Death plague victims, before subsequent cemetery and urban land use. Following initial trial surveys, surveys imaged ~200 isolated and similar-sized burials in the southwest of the site. There were also two contrasting burial orientations present at various depths which suggested a series of controlled phased burials. A well-defined eastern burial boundary, taking the form of a ditch and bank, was also discovered. Geophysical surveys also identified a subsequent complex site history with multiple-aged features. This study revises knowledge of Black Death aged-burials and provides important implications for successful geophysical burial detection with significant time-and space-limited site constraints.

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Detection and characterisation of Black Death burials by multi-proxy geophysical methods

Dick

Pringle

Sloane

et al. 2015

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…On smaller burial mounds, GPR reflection imaging was successfully applied to locate internal buildings and burials (e.g., Kamei et al, 2000;Persson & Olofsson, 2004). At very shallow depths, for example, on very flat burial mounds or in the flanks at the edges of mounds, grave chambers were also directly identified through ERT (Papadopoulos et al, 2010).…”

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The Yığma Tepe of Pergamon: Internal construction of a monumental burial mound from shear wave reflection sounding and wavefield modelling

Mecking

Meinecke

Erkul

et al. 2021

Archaeological Prospection

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“…Several methods have been systematically described in the literature that provide useful results to map the subsurface archaeological features in a non-invasive way, through the use of electromagnetic methods [26,27], magnetometry [28][29][30], electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) [31][32][33][34], ground penetrating radar (GPR) [35][36][37][38][39] or a combination of these methods [40][41][42][43]. In the contexts studied, ERT and GPR were preferred over other methods.…”

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Geophysical and Geomatic Methods for the Knowledge, Conservation, and Management of Jordanian Cultural Heritage

Angelini,

Cozzolino,

Gabrielli

et al. 2023

Geosciences

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Jordan has a complex history that has left tangible traces in numerous archaeological sites scattered throughout the country. This unique heritage of inestimable cultural value must be documented, thoroughly researched, and protected in order to prevent its destruction and loss. In this context, knowledge and documentation can be achieved through the application of non-destructive geophysical and geomatic methods. This work represents a synthesis of the results of twenty years of projects carried out at the archaeological sites of Basta, Petra, Um-Hamat (Karak), Umm ar-Rasas, Wu’Ayra, Madaba, and Shawbak. This study enables the exploration of new buried structures in the ground and the documentation of the state of preservation of the structures. It provides an up-to-date overview of Jordan’s rich archaeological heritage and supports restoration projects.

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Inside a mound:

Cited by 37 publications

References 7 publications

Detection and characterisation of Black Death burials by multi-proxy geophysical methods

Detection and characterisation of Black Death burials by multi-proxy geophysical methods

The Yığma Tepe of Pergamon: Internal construction of a monumental burial mound from shear wave reflection sounding and wavefield modelling

Geophysical and Geomatic Methods for the Knowledge, Conservation, and Management of Jordanian Cultural Heritage

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