Abstract
Correlation of known signals with data from specific locations of archaeological sites is presented. The correlation of specific signals with the actual data is a well known technique in exploration Geophysics. The present paper deals with the application of such a technique into filtered geophysical maps of archaeological sites and the possibility to be employed in order specific structures to be revealed. The importance of archaeological information in order to construct realistic signals is emphasized.
Archaeological knowledge and geophysical information are combined to produce modeled anomalies of the expected structures. From the spectral analysis of these anomalies filters are constructed and applied to the geophysical maps of the investigated site. Such filters are optimum in the sense that they reflect the characteristics of a specific signal. The filtered maps are then correlated to the modelled anomalies.
An example of this procedure applied in the site of ancient Dion (N. Greece) is presented and discussed.
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Tsokas, G.N., Dimitropoulos, K. (1990). Can the Geophysical Maps over Buried Ancient Sites Reveal Specific Structures, if Correlated to Predetermined Signals?. In: Vogel, A., Ofoegbu, C.O., Gorenflo, R., Ursin, B. (eds) Geophysical Data Inversion Methods and Applications. Theory and Practice of Applied Geophysics. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-89416-8_19
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