Microwave tomography for processing of GPR data at Ballachulish

A new reconfigurable stepped frequency GPR system, possibilities and issues; applications to two different Cultural Heritage Resources

“…; Kadioglu ; Persico et al . ; Piro and Campana ; Soldovieri et al . ; Goodman and Piro ) and outdoor campaigns in archaeological sites (Conyers and Goodman ; Ranalli et al .…”

“…At the moment, it is possible to compare the performances of both systems on several areas of interest, at the renaissancebaroque chapel of the ex hospital of the Holy Spirit in Lecce ) and the area of the "cryptoporticus" within the Messapian and Roman archaeological site of Egnazia (Caggiani et al 2012;Persico 2014). Both indoor measurements in historical monuments (Conyers 2004;Piscitelli et al 2007;Castaldo et al 2009;Kadioglu 2010;Persico et al 2010;Piro and Campana 2012;Soldovieri et al 2012;Goodman and Piro 2013) and outdoor campaigns in archaeological sites (Conyers and Goodman 1997;Ranalli et al 2004;Pieraccini et al 2006;Masini et al 2007;Masini et al 2010a,b;Calia et al 2012;Leucci et al 2012;Utsi 2012) are of great interest for GPR prospecting and the number of case histories in both situations is endless. In particular, indoor prospecting in historical monuments offers possibility of taking more precise geometric measurements and is usually less cumbersome in terms of required physical work, because there is no meaningful surface roughness, no grass and no wind.…”

Imaging of Scarce Archaeological Remains Using Microwave Tomographic Depictions of Ground Penetrating Radar Data

“…Although the main limiting factor of this data set is and always will be the relative lack of material remains, re-processing GPR datasets with alternative methods has provided interesting results in other archaeological and civil engineering investigations [7,8].…”

“…In particular, in this paper, we adopted a strategy aimed to provide a pseudo-3D representation of the investigated scene. This approach has been already applied with regard to the archaeological site of Ballachulish [8,15].…”

GPR Investigations at St John's Co‐Cathedral in Valletta

“…In this regard, ground penetrating radar (GPR) has proven to be especially suitable because of its user‐friendliness and high‐resolution capability, addressing very shallow depth regions that are usually of interest for monuments. GPR can potentially offer much clearer images inside a monument compared to outside, because of the usual smoothness of the floor or the walls, lack of grass and absence of wind and other environmental disturbances (e.g., Persico, Soldovieri and Utsi ; Gabellone et al . ).…”