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Unveiling a hidden fortification system at “Faraglioni” Middle Bronze Age Village of Ustica Island (Palermo, Italy) through ERT and GPR prospections
| العنوان: | Unveiling a hidden fortification system at “Faraglioni” Middle Bronze Age Village of Ustica Island (Palermo, Italy) through ERT and GPR prospections |
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| المؤلفون: | Russolillo, Anna, Foresta Martin, Franco, Merico, Antonio, Sapia, Vincenzo, Talamo, Pierfrancesco, Materni, Valerio, Pischiutta, Marta, de Vita, Sandro, Furlani, Stefano, Targia, Domenico, Di Vito, Mauro Antonio |
| المساهمون: | Universita ` degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa di Napoli, Italy - Associazione Villaggio Letterario, Ustica, Palermo, Italy, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Palermo, Palermo, Italia, Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Ministero dei Beni Culturali, Italy, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia, Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze, Università di Trieste, Italy, Regione Siciliana, Parco Archeologico di Himera, Solunto e Monte Iato, Italy |
| بيانات النشر: | Elsevier |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | Earth-Prints (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Georadar, Electrical resistivity tomography, Middle Bronze Age, Villaggio Dei Faraglioni, Fortification system, Ustica Island |
| الوصف: | We carried out a geophysical research project in the Middle Bronze Age village of Ustica (Palermo, Sicily, Italy), named “Faraglioni Village” after the stack formations which detach from the coast north of the archaeological site. The investigation, which comprised Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) techniques, allowed us to discover the buried foundations of an outwork fortification system never evi denced by previous archaeological studies, only hypothesised from the observation of aerial photography and partially outcropping boulders, which align roughly parallel to the main defensive wall of the Village. Our geophysical prospection involved the entire 250 m-long arc of the outward village defensive wall, with the acquisition of eleven ERT profiles and 27 GPR scans. The techniques were selected based on both favourable logistics and methods applicability: ERT sections allowed us to trace a series of high-resistivity anomalies ar ranged to form an arc-shaped structure along the perimeter of the defensive wall. GPR investigation was localised in the most accommodating patch of terrain of the site, with the effort of intercepting clear enough sections of the target, to determine more accurately its shape, depth, and overall dimensions. Our discovery paves the way for new investigations, mainly aimed at defining the timing of construction of the fortification system, as well as the function of the remains of other architectural structures identified close to the wall, which could represent the target of further geophysical investigations. ; Published ; 105272 ; OSV2: Complessità dei processi vulcanici: approcci multidisciplinari e multiparametrici ; JCR Journal |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0926-9851 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2023.105272 |
| الاتاحة: | https://www.earth-prints.org/handle/2122/16615 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2023.105272 |
| Rights: | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.EE859FC3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| تدمد: | 09269851 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2023.105272 |