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Prospecting of Architectural Features Using LiDAR-UAV Technology, Deep Neural Networks and Visualization Techniques: A Case Study in Kuélap and Cambolín (NW Peru) 利用激光雷达-无人机技术、深度神经网络和可视化技术寻找建筑特征——以kusamulap和Cambolín(秘鲁西北部)为例
IF 2.5 3区 地球科学
Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-09-06 Epub Date: 2026-03-16 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70033
Jhon A. Zabaleta-Santisteban, Rolando Salas López, Angel J. Medina-Medina, Katerin M. Tuesta-Trauco, Abner S. Rivera-Fernandez, Nerci M. Noriega-Salazar, José A. Sánchez-Vega, Teodoro B. Silva-Melendez, Marlen A. Grandez-Alberca, Jhonsy O. Silva-López, Nilton B. Rojas-Briceño, Manuel Oliva-Cruz, Alexander Cotrina-Sanchez, Elgar Barboza
{"title":"Prospecting of Architectural Features Using LiDAR-UAV Technology, Deep Neural Networks and Visualization Techniques: A Case Study in Kuélap and Cambolín (NW Peru)","authors":"Jhon A. Zabaleta-Santisteban,&nbsp;Rolando Salas López,&nbsp;Angel J. Medina-Medina,&nbsp;Katerin M. Tuesta-Trauco,&nbsp;Abner S. Rivera-Fernandez,&nbsp;Nerci M. Noriega-Salazar,&nbsp;José A. Sánchez-Vega,&nbsp;Teodoro B. Silva-Melendez,&nbsp;Marlen A. Grandez-Alberca,&nbsp;Jhonsy O. Silva-López,&nbsp;Nilton B. Rojas-Briceño,&nbsp;Manuel Oliva-Cruz,&nbsp;Alexander Cotrina-Sanchez,&nbsp;Elgar Barboza","doi":"10.1002/arp.70033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<p>High-resolution and accurate synoptic images of terrestrial topography, even in densely forested areas, have proven valuable for archaeology by enabling the identification and characterization of relief patterns associated with ancient human activities. This study presents a novel approach that integrates digital terrain models (DTMs) obtained through airborne laser scanning (ALS) from a drone, along with advanced visualization techniques (VTs) based on computer vision algorithms, evaluated using objective performance metrics. The research was conducted at the archaeological sites of Kuélap and Cambolín, belonging to the Chachapoyas culture in the Amazonas region, north-western Peru. Seventeen VTs were applied to a DTM derived from ALS with a resolution of 0.5 m. Additionally, the mask region-convolutional neural network (Mask R-CNN) model in ArcGIS Pro was used for the automatic detection and segmentation of architectural features. The results indicate that the colour relief image map (CRIM) VT achieved the highest average precision score, reaching 71.89% in Kuélap and 43.54% in Cambolín. The model detected a total of 137 out of 185 reference structures in Kuélap and 53 out of 73 in Cambolín. The combination of VTs and deep learning supports archaeological prospection in areas with dense vegetation and complex topography, serving as a complementary tool to manual interpretation in the study of Chachapoya settlements.</p>","PeriodicalId":55490,"journal":{"name":"Archaeological Prospection","volume":"33 3","pages":"621-646"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/arp.70033","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148903716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Coherence-Gated Wrapped-Phase InSAR With Matrix-Based Uncertainty Diagnostics for Burial-Mound Hotspot Ranking (Sicily, Italy) 基于矩阵不确定性诊断的相干门控包裹相位InSAR埋葬丘热点排序(西西里,意大利)
IF 2.5 3区 地球科学
Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-09-06 Epub Date: 2026-04-13 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70044
Salvatore Polverino, Hourakhsh Ahmadnia, Rokhsaneh Rahbarianyazd Ahmadnia
{"title":"Coherence-Gated Wrapped-Phase InSAR With Matrix-Based Uncertainty Diagnostics for Burial-Mound Hotspot Ranking (Sicily, Italy)","authors":"Salvatore Polverino,&nbsp;Hourakhsh Ahmadnia,&nbsp;Rokhsaneh Rahbarianyazd Ahmadnia","doi":"10.1002/arp.70044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.70044","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Burial mounds are key elements of Mediterranean funerary landscapes, but in intensively cultivated coastal plains their low-relief expression is easily obscured by ploughing, levelling and rapidly changing surface conditions, making single-date observations unreliable. This study develops a multiepoch Sentinel-1 TOPS InSAR approach for repeatable mound-domain recognition and disturbance-hotspot screening at the Manicalunga–Timpone Nero necropolis near Selinunte, south-western Sicily, Italy. Four C-band interferometric epochs acquired between 2014 and 2025, spanning Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B and Sentinel-1C, were analysed within DEM-based visibility masks so that interpretation was restricted to coherence-supported areas, while decorrelated sectors and layover/shadow zones were retained as explicit observational limits. Wrapped-phase variability, coherence and terrain context were integrated into a covariance-aware proxy, re-expressed as an anchored ordinal ranking and fused across epochs to emphasise persistent rather than one-off anomalies. The resulting multiepoch mean proxy, integrated with supervised machine-learning-based pixel classification (ilastik) to generate probability maps, delineates recurrent mound-domain signatures and identifies deformation/disturbance hotspots both inside and outside the legally protected archaeological perimeter. The results show that a conservative, coherence-gated InSAR workflow can separate persistent high-rank anomaly structures from condition-dependent noise in cultivated heritage landscapes. The approach also provides a transferable screening framework for archaeological prospection and conservation management, supporting targeted field verification, explicit reporting of non-observable sectors and more robust prioritisation of monitoring actions.</p>","PeriodicalId":55490,"journal":{"name":"Archaeological Prospection","volume":"33 3","pages":"675-690"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/arp.70044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148903997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Evaluation of GPR Data Attributes to Investigate a Mud-Wall Building at a First Millennium ad Village, Catamarca, Argentina 对阿根廷卡塔马卡第一千年广告村泥墙建筑的GPR数据属性评估
IF 1.9 3区 地球科学
Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2025-12-04 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70019
Peter Zabala Medina, Néstor Bonomo, María Victoria Bongiovanni, Patricia Martinelli, Norma Ratto
{"title":"Evaluation of GPR Data Attributes to Investigate a Mud-Wall Building at a First Millennium ad Village, Catamarca, Argentina","authors":"Peter Zabala Medina,&nbsp;Néstor Bonomo,&nbsp;María Victoria Bongiovanni,&nbsp;Patricia Martinelli,&nbsp;Norma Ratto","doi":"10.1002/arp.70019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.70019","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Detecting and mapping mud structures by using ground penetrating radar (GPR) is often challenging because of low target to background contrast and irregular surfaces of the targets. These characteristics tend to produce unclear signals of the mud structures in the conventional images of the data. In these cases, calculating attributes of the data could be useful to produce alternative images that facilitate or improve the interpretation. In this article, we evaluate the capabilities and deficiencies of a broad set of attributes of the GPR data for studying a mud-wall building, which was detected in a dry environment in the Andean region of north-western Argentina by using this method. This building, later interpreted as a dwelling, was inhabited during the 1st and 2nd centuries <span>ad</span>, dating back to the formative period of the region. The analysed attributes belong to four types, which are probably the most used in GPR: instantaneous, geometric, texture and interval attributes. Image characteristics that determine the visibility of the wall signals, such as contrast between the mean values of the property at the wall positions and around them, signal continuity along the walls and signal sharpness are discussed. The visibility of the wall signals is analysed as a function of the input parameters and the time coordinate. The main characteristics of the images are interpreted in terms of soil sources that probably produce them. Different groups of attributes are determined based on their individual abilities to improve the images. The capabilities, limitations and usefulness of calculating these attributes to detect the mud walls of the building and generate a plan view of them are shown. Including attributes in the analysis of the data allowed identifying the mud walls easier and more confidently than not doing so, as well as determining their layout more completely.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":55490,"journal":{"name":"Archaeological Prospection","volume":"33 2","pages":"295-314"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148154246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Archaeological Damage Assessment in Conflict Zones: Integrating Satellite Imagery and Ground Surveys in Daraa, Syria 冲突地区的考古损害评估:在叙利亚德拉整合卫星图像和地面调查
IF 1.9 3区 地球科学
Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2025-12-18 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70026
Amal Al Kassem, Kristen Hopper, Ismael M. Ibraheem, Andreas Maier, Mohammad Khair Nassrallah, Jürgen Richter
{"title":"Archaeological Damage Assessment in Conflict Zones: Integrating Satellite Imagery and Ground Surveys in Daraa, Syria","authors":"Amal Al Kassem,&nbsp;Kristen Hopper,&nbsp;Ismael M. Ibraheem,&nbsp;Andreas Maier,&nbsp;Mohammad Khair Nassrallah,&nbsp;Jürgen Richter","doi":"10.1002/arp.70026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.70026","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Satellite remote sensing is among the most significant modern methodologies supporting field archaeology. In addition to its efficiency in identifying archaeological sites, remote sensing offers a safe and cost-effective approach in conflict zones. However, supplementing it with field investigations enhances accuracy by confirming or correcting results. For Daraa, southern Syria, freely available high-resolution satellite imagery has been used effectively in documenting 196 archaeological sites. However, during ground-truthing of 28 sites, significant discrepancies were observed, reinforcing the notion that remote sensing and fieldwork are complementary methods, giving best results when used jointly. This integration enables precise damage assessment and helps prioritize sites for urgent protection or excavation. Our field visits identified several sites requiring urgent excavation, particularly where looting pits have exposed stratigraphy—evidence that remote sensing alone cannot verify. Finally, engaging local communities and understanding both environmental and social conditions are essential for maximizing the effectiveness of integrating remote sensing with field investigations.</p>","PeriodicalId":55490,"journal":{"name":"Archaeological Prospection","volume":"33 2","pages":"371-396"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/arp.70026","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Reassessing Megalithic Spatial Densities in Southwestern Iberia Through Airborne Laser Scanning-Based Landscape Analysis 通过机载激光扫描景观分析重新评估伊比利亚西南部巨石空间密度
IF 1.9 3区 地球科学
Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2026-03-09 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70040
Enrique Cerrillo-Cuenca, José Antonio Linares-Catela, Primitiva Bueno-Ramírez
{"title":"Reassessing Megalithic Spatial Densities in Southwestern Iberia Through Airborne Laser Scanning-Based Landscape Analysis","authors":"Enrique Cerrillo-Cuenca,&nbsp;José Antonio Linares-Catela,&nbsp;Primitiva Bueno-Ramírez","doi":"10.1002/arp.70040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.70040","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Megalithic landscapes in southwestern Iberia have long been reconstructed from heterogeneous regional inventories, often treating megalith spatial density as a proxy for demographic intensity. Here we present a probabilistic, auditable approach to reassessing megalithic densities and landscape dynamics by integrating conventional inventories with high-resolution airborne laser scanning (ALS) and explicit uncertainty modelling. We compile the Western Iberia Megalithic Dataset (WIMD) (<i>n</i> = 3069 sepulchres) from Spanish and Portuguese sources, curate a subset through bibliographic and field checks and evaluate inventoried sites against ALS-derived visualizations to estimate apparent detectability. We then classify ALS-only anomalies using a repeatable certainty scale and apply a probabilistic estimation framework to infer the total underlying number of megaliths and omissions in both inventories and ALS detection. Two case studies—(1) the transboundary International Tagus region (Portugal, Spain) and (2) the intensively surveyed eastern Andévalo River basin (Huelva, Spain)—show that ALS can increase inferred monument totals by 35%–50% under conservative assumptions in the analysed areas, while 35%–46% of inventoried mounds remain non-recognizable in ALS products. Finally, ALS also identifies enclosure-like settlement features that co-occur with megalithic clusters, strengthening interpretations of densely structured landscapes and providing transferable priorities for targeted ground verification.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":55490,"journal":{"name":"Archaeological Prospection","volume":"33 2","pages":"575-601"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Studying the Unseen: The Use of Non-Invasive Geophysics for the Detection and Characterization of Interwar Warsaw Housing Destroyed in WW2 研究看不见的:使用非侵入性地球物理来探测和表征二战中被毁的华沙房屋
IF 1.9 3区 地球科学
Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2026-02-20 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70038
Szymon Oryński, Rafał Bieńkowski, Agnieszka Kaliszewska, Marzena Osuch, Tomasz Wawrzyniak
{"title":"Studying the Unseen: The Use of Non-Invasive Geophysics for the Detection and Characterization of Interwar Warsaw Housing Destroyed in WW2","authors":"Szymon Oryński,&nbsp;Rafał Bieńkowski,&nbsp;Agnieszka Kaliszewska,&nbsp;Marzena Osuch,&nbsp;Tomasz Wawrzyniak","doi":"10.1002/arp.70038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.70038","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study aimed to investigate and characterize the subsurface geophysical signatures associated with 20th-century interwar housing developments in the Koło district of Warsaw, Poland, to provide new insights into the area's social history. These were largely destroyed during World War II and were part of a broader national initiative to address homelessness and the severe housing shortages at the time. The study methods used archival records and remote sensing data to identify the survey site, which was a current public park, where traditional excavation was not feasible. A phased geophysical site survey was then used to create a frequency domain electromagnetic method (FDEM) grid, providing key information on spatial patterns of geophysical response potentially associated with building foundations and related infrastructure. Secondary Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey profiles then provided higher resolution information on foundation positions, although the data were geophysically noisy. This non-invasive approach supports the preservation of the site's integrity and deepens the understanding of Warsaw's urban history, contributing valuable information for future archaeological and historical studies. The findings highlight the effectiveness of combining multiple datasets in non-invasive archaeological research, particularly in urban settings where traditional excavation is not feasible.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":55490,"journal":{"name":"Archaeological Prospection","volume":"33 2","pages":"537-553"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Multi-Geophysical Investigations to Characterize a 6th–7th Century AD Dakhma ‘Tower of Silence’, Loylagan Burial Ground, Surkhandarya, South Uzbekistan 乌兹别克斯坦南部Surkhandarya Loylagan墓地,公元6 - 7世纪Dakhma“沉默之塔”特征的多地球物理调查
IF 1.9 3区 地球科学
Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2026-01-11 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70030
Ilyas Yanbukhtin, Azamat Zakirov, Timur Mamarozikov, Shakhlo Otajonova, Djangar Ilyasov, Otabek Aripdjanov
{"title":"Multi-Geophysical Investigations to Characterize a 6th–7th Century AD Dakhma ‘Tower of Silence’, Loylagan Burial Ground, Surkhandarya, South Uzbekistan","authors":"Ilyas Yanbukhtin,&nbsp;Azamat Zakirov,&nbsp;Timur Mamarozikov,&nbsp;Shakhlo Otajonova,&nbsp;Djangar Ilyasov,&nbsp;Otabek Aripdjanov","doi":"10.1002/arp.70030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.70030","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In Central Asia, by the end of the Bronze Age, a fundamental change in funeral tradition occurred, from traditional kurgans or burial mounds to Zoroastrian belief in dakhmas or Towers of Silence, for ritualized exposure of the dead. The Loylagan burial ground, discovered in 1973, contains numerous barrows which have been mapped but never geophysically investigated. This study presents an integrated geophysical investigation of mound No. 47 in order to detail and characterize its internal structure. Methods included magnetometry, electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), seismic refraction and multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW). Results showed that the magnetometric surveys imaged a central circular anomaly, interpreted as the structure's core. ERT, seismic and MASW surveys identified a high-resistivity/density upper layer, interpreted as stone fill, above an oval-shaped, low-resistivity/velocity zone at depths of 1.5–3 m, likely corresponding to a burial pit or chamber. While little remains of these dakhmas above ground, below ground still remains relict archaeology. This study highlights the value of multi-method site investigations for non-invasive heritage studies in Central Asia.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":55490,"journal":{"name":"Archaeological Prospection","volume":"33 2","pages":"443-453"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Identification of Burials via GPR Signal Classification and Spatial Cluster Analysis at a Prehistoric Thai Site 通过探地雷达信号分类和空间聚类分析识别史前泰国遗址的墓葬
IF 1.9 3区 地球科学
Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2025-12-26 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70029
Potpreecha Pondthai, Thippawan Wongadsapaiboon, Ittipon Boonsri, Mark E. Everett
{"title":"Identification of Burials via GPR Signal Classification and Spatial Cluster Analysis at a Prehistoric Thai Site","authors":"Potpreecha Pondthai,&nbsp;Thippawan Wongadsapaiboon,&nbsp;Ittipon Boonsri,&nbsp;Mark E. Everett","doi":"10.1002/arp.70029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.70029","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) methods are particularly effective at detecting subsurface features with contrasting electromagnetic properties in archaeological contexts. At the undeveloped prehistoric site of Don Up Mung in northeastern Thailand, GPR surveys were conducted to identify potential burial features within the complex stratigraphic sequences characteristic of multiphase settlements. To assess this potential, we employed a MALÅ Easy Locator Pro WideRange HDR GPR system across a 7.5 × 8 m grid adjacent to a previously excavated area containing confirmed burials dated to 571–404 cal. <span>bce</span>. Radar signatures were systematically classified into six distinct trait classes based on their reflection patterns, and local \u0000<span></span><math>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 <mi>i</mi>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <mo>*</mo>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mfenced>\u0000 <mi>d</mi>\u0000 </mfenced></math> statistic was applied to identify significant spatial clustering. Results revealed prominent GPR anomalies at depths of 0.4–1.2 m (10–30 ns of radar two-way travel time). The \u0000<span></span><math>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>G</mi>\u0000 <mi>i</mi>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <mo>*</mo>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mfenced>\u0000 <mi>d</mi>\u0000 </mfenced></math> significance maps identified two primary clusters of high-amplitude reflections in the southwestern portion and one cluster of low-amplitude reflections in the eastern portion of the survey area. Despite limitations imposed by the spatial offset between survey and excavation areas, the correspondence between anomaly depths and documented burial horizons provides compelling evidence for burial identification. This research establishes a systematic framework that combines GPR signature classification with point pattern analysis to enhance prehistoric burial detection capabilities in similar geological settings, offering valuable guidance for future archaeological investigations at the site.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":55490,"journal":{"name":"Archaeological Prospection","volume":"33 2","pages":"423-441"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Effectiveness and Limitations of Low-Cost Aerial Survey of Archaeological Stone Architecture in Arid Andean Contexts (La Rioja, Northwest Argentina) 干旱安第斯地区考古石质建筑低成本航空测量的有效性与局限性(阿根廷西北部拉里奥哈)
IF 1.9 3区 地球科学
Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70028
Gonzalo García, Pablo Andrés Cahiza, M. Lourdes Iniesta
{"title":"Effectiveness and Limitations of Low-Cost Aerial Survey of Archaeological Stone Architecture in Arid Andean Contexts (La Rioja, Northwest Argentina)","authors":"Gonzalo García,&nbsp;Pablo Andrés Cahiza,&nbsp;M. Lourdes Iniesta","doi":"10.1002/arp.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.70028","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Stone building or stonemasonry was a distinctive phenomenon in most of the agropastoral societies of northwestern Argentina. Previous studies have documented residential architecture through various survey methods, making it difficult to create a consistent topographic and planimetric record and to generate a database capable of detecting building changes on a broad spatial and chronological scale. Here, we present a low-cost drone survey method based on the study of 11 archaeological sites located in an arid Andean area of La Rioja province. Twenty-eight flights were performed at different altitudes, taking into account different vegetation conditions and topographic features. Several variables such as flight altitude, visibility of structures, vegetation levels and ground sampling distance (GSD) were measured. The data obtained allowed an accurate and detailed assessment of architectural information such as area, size and number of residential enclosures. Based on these data, a set of flight altitude and GSD values is proposed to optimize the survey time and improve the resulting products adaptable to the different levels of detail required.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":55490,"journal":{"name":"Archaeological Prospection","volume":"33 2","pages":"355-370"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Geophysical Research 3D ERT at the Archaeological Site of the Early Iron Age ‘Boralday Necropolis’, Almaty (Kazakhstan—Eurasia) 早期铁器时代“Boralday墓地”考古遗址的地球物理研究3D ERT,阿拉木图(哈萨克斯坦-欧亚)
IF 1.9 3区 地球科学
Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2026-02-27 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70034
L. K. Sagindykova, R. Kairatuly, M. M. Nurpeissov, G. Dubuis, G. Morelli
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