Integrating Geophysical and Photographic Data to Visualize the Quarried Structures of the Roman Town of Bassianae

2021
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Filzwieser, Roland
Ivanišević, Vujadin

Verhoeven, Geert J.

Gugl, Christian
Loecker, Klaus
Bugarski, Ivan

Schiel, Hannes
Wallner, Mario
Trinks, Immo

Trausmuth, Tanja
Hinterleitner, Alois
Marković, Nemanja

Docter, Roald
Daim, Falko
Neubauer, Wolfgang
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Large parts of the urban layout of the abandoned Roman town of Bassianae (in present-day Serbia) are still discernible on the surface today due to the deliberate and targeted quarrying of the Roman foundations. In 2014, all of the town's intramural (and some extramural) areas were surveyed using aerial photography, ground-penetrating radar, and magnetometry to analyze the site's topography and to map remaining buried structures. The surveys showed a strong agreement between the digital surface model derived from the aerial photographs and the geophysical prospection data. However, many structures could only be detected by one method, underlining the benefits of a complementary archaeological prospection approach using multiple methods. This article presents the results of the extensive surveys and their comprehensive integrative interpretation, discussing Bassianae's ground plan and urban infrastructure. Starting with an overview of this Roman town's research history, we present the de...tails of the triple prospection approach, followed by the processing, integrative analysis, and interpretation of the acquired data sets. Finally, this newly gained information is contrasted with a plan of Roman Bassianae compiled in 1935.
Keywords:
UAS / Serbia / Roman town / magnetometry / image-based modeling / GPR / Bassianae / archaeological prospectionSource:
Remote Sensing, 2021, 13, 12Publisher:
- Mdpi, Basel
DOI: 10.3390/rs13122384
ISSN: 2072-4292
WoS: 000666390800001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85109019118
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Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - JOUR AU - Filzwieser, Roland AU - Ivanišević, Vujadin AU - Verhoeven, Geert J. AU - Gugl, Christian AU - Loecker, Klaus AU - Bugarski, Ivan AU - Schiel, Hannes AU - Wallner, Mario AU - Trinks, Immo AU - Trausmuth, Tanja AU - Hinterleitner, Alois AU - Marković, Nemanja AU - Docter, Roald AU - Daim, Falko AU - Neubauer, Wolfgang PY - 2021 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/380 AB - Large parts of the urban layout of the abandoned Roman town of Bassianae (in present-day Serbia) are still discernible on the surface today due to the deliberate and targeted quarrying of the Roman foundations. In 2014, all of the town's intramural (and some extramural) areas were surveyed using aerial photography, ground-penetrating radar, and magnetometry to analyze the site's topography and to map remaining buried structures. The surveys showed a strong agreement between the digital surface model derived from the aerial photographs and the geophysical prospection data. However, many structures could only be detected by one method, underlining the benefits of a complementary archaeological prospection approach using multiple methods. This article presents the results of the extensive surveys and their comprehensive integrative interpretation, discussing Bassianae's ground plan and urban infrastructure. Starting with an overview of this Roman town's research history, we present the details of the triple prospection approach, followed by the processing, integrative analysis, and interpretation of the acquired data sets. Finally, this newly gained information is contrasted with a plan of Roman Bassianae compiled in 1935. PB - Mdpi, Basel T2 - Remote Sensing T1 - Integrating Geophysical and Photographic Data to Visualize the Quarried Structures of the Roman Town of Bassianae IS - 12 VL - 13 DO - 10.3390/rs13122384 ER -
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Filzwieser, R., Ivanišević, V., Verhoeven, G. J., Gugl, C., Loecker, K., Bugarski, I., Schiel, H., Wallner, M., Trinks, I., Trausmuth, T., Hinterleitner, A., Marković, N., Docter, R., Daim, F.,& Neubauer, W.. (2021). Integrating Geophysical and Photographic Data to Visualize the Quarried Structures of the Roman Town of Bassianae. in Remote Sensing Mdpi, Basel., 13(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13122384
Filzwieser R, Ivanišević V, Verhoeven GJ, Gugl C, Loecker K, Bugarski I, Schiel H, Wallner M, Trinks I, Trausmuth T, Hinterleitner A, Marković N, Docter R, Daim F, Neubauer W. Integrating Geophysical and Photographic Data to Visualize the Quarried Structures of the Roman Town of Bassianae. in Remote Sensing. 2021;13(12). doi:10.3390/rs13122384 .
Filzwieser, Roland, Ivanišević, Vujadin, Verhoeven, Geert J., Gugl, Christian, Loecker, Klaus, Bugarski, Ivan, Schiel, Hannes, Wallner, Mario, Trinks, Immo, Trausmuth, Tanja, Hinterleitner, Alois, Marković, Nemanja, Docter, Roald, Daim, Falko, Neubauer, Wolfgang, "Integrating Geophysical and Photographic Data to Visualize the Quarried Structures of the Roman Town of Bassianae" in Remote Sensing, 13, no. 12 (2021), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13122384 . .