Utilizing Magnetic Gradiometer to Determine the Depth and Geometry of Subsurface Archaeological Features at Abydos Archaeological Site, Sohag, Egypt

Abstract

High resolution gradiometer survey was conducted on the area surrounding the The main objective of the present work was to detect depth and geometry of any buried archaeological remains located at the site. The gradiometer survey was acquired on an area of 300 x 300 m using proton precession magnetometer, 10m line spacing and 5m station interval. The collected gradiometer magnetic data was corrected and processed using the Geosoft Oasis Montaj. The interpretation of both the high pass filtered and the analytical signal transformation magnetic maps showed very strong anomalies with square and rectangular shapes concentrated on the central, eastern and western study