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Uncovering Archaeological Treasures at Saruq al-Hadid, UAE: Insights From Ground Penetrating Radar and Magnetic Data 在萨鲁克哈迪德发掘考古宝藏，阿联酋：从探地雷达和磁数据的见解

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Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-03-05 Epub Date: 2025-10-01 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70008

Moamen Ali, Sonia Santos-Assunção, Mohammed Y. Ali, Diana Francis, Mansour B. Radwan, Mariam A. Alsuwaidi, Bader M. Al Ali, Jamal H. Safi, Saif Ullah, Muhammed A. Iqbal

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Hiding in Plain Sight: Rethinking the Size and Complexity of Iron Age Hillforts in NW Iberia Thanks to Aerial Archaeology and Geophysics 隐藏在显而易见的地方：借助空中考古学和地球物理学，重新思考伊比利亚西北部铁器时代丘陵堡垒的大小和复杂性

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Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-03-05 Epub Date: 2025-10-02 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70009

César Parcero-Oubiña, Carlos Otero-Vilariño, María Gómez-Faro, Jesús Ignacio Jiménez Chaparro, Pastor Fábrega-Álvarez, Juan Torrejón-Valdelomar, Marta Crespo-Fernández, David González-Álvarez

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Artificial Intelligence in Archaeological Geophysics: Testing ChatGPT-4o on Magnetometer Data From Sapallitepa (Uzbekistan) 考古地球物理学中的人工智能：基于乌兹别克斯坦Sapallitepa磁强计数据的chatgpt - 40测试

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Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-03-05 Epub Date: 2025-09-04 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70006

Azamat Zakirov, Ilyas Yanbukhtin, Andreas Stele, Ulugbek Musaev, Jörg W. E. Fassbinder

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Wall-to-Wall Mapping of Anthropogenic Features in the Poiplie Region (Slovakia): Integrating Airborne LiDAR Visualisations, Field Research and Cartographic Sources Poiplie地区（斯洛伐克）人类活动特征的墙对墙制图：整合机载激光雷达可视化、实地研究和制图资源

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Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-03-05 Epub Date: 2025-11-10 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70014

Juraj Lieskovský, Tibor Lieskovský, Petra Gašparovičová, Dana Lieskovská, Noemi Matušicová, Noemi Beljak Pažinová

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3D Archaeological Documentation Using UAV Photogrammetry: A Case Study of Caesarea Germanicia [?] 使用无人机摄影测量的三维考古文献：以德国凯撒利亚为例[?]］

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Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2026-03-05 Epub Date: 2025-11-21 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70017

Oktay Dumankaya, Çağlar Akdağ

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Deciphering Neolithic Habitation in Aegean Thrace Through Geophysical Prospection Surveys 通过地球物理勘探破译爱琴海色雷斯新石器时代的居住地

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Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2025-08-26 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70005

A. Sarris, N. Papadopoulos, D. Urem-Kotsou, D. Oikonomou, K. Sgouropoulos, P. Chrysafakoglou, Ch. Karadima, M. Chrysaphi

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Pre-Excavation Identification and Dating of Iron Age Destruction Events 铁器时代破坏事件的挖掘前鉴定和年代测定

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Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2025-08-21 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70003

Yoav Vaknin, Roi Granot, Nitsan Shalom, Eldar Buzaglo-Yoresh, Ayelet Keidar-Goldberg, Stefan Münger

{"title":"Pre-Excavation Identification and Dating of Iron Age Destruction Events","authors":"Yoav Vaknin, Roi Granot, Nitsan Shalom, Eldar Buzaglo-Yoresh, Ayelet Keidar-Goldberg, Stefan Münger","doi":"10.1002/arp.70003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.70003","url":null,"abstract":"<p>To maximize extracted data while minimizing excavated areas, archaeologists increasingly use archaeological surveys, geophysical surveys and remote sensing to gain comprehensive regional pictures and decide if and where to excavate. The goal of this effort is to leave sufficient unexcavated areas for future generations and save time and resources required for fieldwork. Standard pre-excavation methods can neither securely identify nor date destruction layers, which are particularly important for determining the stratigraphy and chronology of archaeological finds. Here, we present a combination of pre-excavation archaeomagnetic research and magnetic surveys which enabled identification and dating of burnt destruction layers at two sites in the Beth-Shean Valley, Israel. We show that sun-dried mudbricks had collapsed during conflagration, resulting in a hard matrix, still partially exposed on the surface. It is characterized by a strong and unified magnetic signal, generating total-field magnetic anomalies and enabling determination of the scope of the fire. Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, we estimated firing temperatures. Archaeomagnetic dating suggests that the observed destructions occurred in the late 10th or early 9th century <span>bce</span>, potentially during the military campaign of Pharaoh Shoshenq I, mentioned in Egyptian historical sources and the Hebrew Bible.</p>","PeriodicalId":55490,"journal":{"name":"Archaeological Prospection","volume":"32 4","pages":"1021-1030"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/arp.70003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145706475","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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Geophysical Prospecting for the Detection of Buried and Shallow Submerged Archaeological Sites of Roman Period in the Lagoon of Venice (Italy) 意大利威尼斯潟湖罗马时期埋藏和浅埋考古遗址的物探探测

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Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2025-08-19 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70004

Carlo Beltrame, Elisa Costa, Paolo Mozzi, Alberto Carrera, Jacopo Boaga

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Past Water Futures: A Digital Survey of Prehispanic Dams in the Central Andes 过去的水的未来：在中央安第斯山脉的前西班牙水坝的数字调查

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Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2025-08-17 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70001

Laura Pey, Kevin Lane, Luis Coll, Jennifer Grant, Mario Advíncula, Andy Combey, Alexander Herrera

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Standardizing Visualization in Ancient Maya Lidar Research: Techniques, Challenges and Recommendations 古玛雅激光雷达研究中的可视化标准化：技术、挑战和建议

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Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2025-08-08 DOI: 10.1002/arp.70002

Žiga Kokalj

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