Archaeological prospection of a prehistoric lithic workshop site using ground penetrating radar with a high-frequency antenna unit

IF 2.1 3区 地球科学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2023-02-08 DOI:10.1002/arp.1896
Pavel Ryazantsev, Aleksey Tarasov, Maksim Potakhin
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We surveyed in detail the Chalcolithic lithic workshop Fofanovo XIII an East Fennoscandian region by ground-penetrating radar (GPR). A high-frequency antenna unit was applied to map small-scale features, mainly waste flakes. To substantiate the efficiency of the GPR technique, we performed a primary analysis of a set of equivalent models in a sandbox. The laboratory-scale GPR investigation highlights differences in GPR patterns depending on the spatial arrangement of small features and supports the further interpretation of real-life data. The GPR survey in the field covered 2200 m2, revealing areas with a high density of artefacts in the cultural layer and locating individual structural elements of the Fofanovo XIII archaeological site. We suggested using microdebitage samples from manual probing to verify the detected anomalous values of GPR attributes. The results point to a significant correlation between microdebitage and the envelope peak amplitude of the echo signal. Ultimately, our study confirmed the cultural layer in the Fofanovo XIII workshop site to be rich in lithic production wastes, indicating it was a place of mass-scale production of lithic chopping tools.

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使用带高频天线单元的探地雷达对史前石器作坊遗址进行考古勘探
我们通过探地雷达(GPR)详细调查了东芬诺斯堪的纳维亚地区的白垩质石器作坊Fofanovo XIII。高频天线单元被应用于绘制小尺度特征,主要是废料薄片。为了证实探地雷达技术的有效性,我们在沙箱中对一组等效模型进行了初步分析。实验室规模的探地雷达调查突出了探地雷达模式的差异,这取决于小特征的空间排列,并支持对真实生活数据的进一步解释。该领域的GPR调查覆盖了2200平方米,揭示了文化层中文物密度高的区域,并定位了Fofanovo XIII考古遗址的个别结构元素。我们建议使用手动探测的微密度样本来验证探地雷达属性的异常值。结果表明,微差与回波信号的包络峰值振幅之间存在显著相关性。最终,我们的研究证实,Fofanovo XIII车间遗址的文化层富含石器生产废料,表明它是大规模生产石器切割工具的地方。
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Archaeological Prospection
Archaeological Prospection 地学-地球科学综合
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3.90
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31
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期刊介绍: The scope of the Journal will be international, covering urban, rural and marine environments and the full range of underlying geology. The Journal will contain articles relating to the use of a wide range of propecting techniques, including remote sensing (airborne and satellite), geophysical (e.g. resistivity, magnetometry) and geochemical (e.g. organic markers, soil phosphate). Reports and field evaluations of new techniques will be welcomed. Contributions will be encouraged on the application of relevant software, including G.I.S. analysis, to the data derived from prospection techniques and cartographic analysis of early maps. Reports on integrated site evaluations and follow-up site investigations will be particularly encouraged. The Journal will welcome contributions, in the form of short (field) reports, on the application of prospection techniques in support of comprehensive land-use studies. The Journal will, as appropriate, contain book reviews, conference and meeting reviews, and software evaluation. All papers will be subjected to peer review.
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