عنوان

A LOOK INTO THE EARTH:

شماره

LA113608

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

A LOOK INTO THE EARTH:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

EVALUATING THE USE OF MAGNETIC SURVEY IN AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY

نام نخستين پديدآور

Carlos Magnavita, Norbert Schleifer, Carlos Magnavita, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

In the last decades, geophysical methods such as magnetic survey have become a common technique for prospecting archaeological sites. At sub-Saharan archaeological sites, however, magnetic survey and correlated techniques never came into broad use and there are no signs for an immediate change of this situation. This paper examines the magnetic survey undertaken on the Nigerian site of Zilum, a settlement of the Gajiganna Culture (ca 1800-400 BC) located in the Chad Basin and dated to ca 600-400 BC. By means of the present case study, we demonstrate the significance of this particular type of investigation in yielding complementary data for understanding the character of prehistoric settlements. In conclusion, we point out that geophysical methods should play a more important role in modern archaeological field research, as they furnish a class of documentation not achievable by traditional survey and excavation methods, thus creating new perspectives for interpreting the past of African societies. In the last decades, geophysical methods such as magnetic survey have become a common technique for prospecting archaeological sites. At sub-Saharan archaeological sites, however, magnetic survey and correlated techniques never came into broad use and there are no signs for an immediate change of this situation. This paper examines the magnetic survey undertaken on the Nigerian site of Zilum, a settlement of the Gajiganna Culture (ca 1800-400 BC) located in the Chad Basin and dated to ca 600-400 BC. By means of the present case study, we demonstrate the significance of this particular type of investigation in yielding complementary data for understanding the character of prehistoric settlements. In conclusion, we point out that geophysical methods should play a more important role in modern archaeological field research, as they furnish a class of documentation not achievable by traditional survey and excavation methods, thus creating new perspectives for interpreting the past of African societies.

تاريخ نشر

2004

توصيف ظاهري

49-63

عنوان

Journal of African Archaeology

شماره جلد

2/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2191-5784

اصطلاح موضوعی

Chad Basin

اصطلاح موضوعی

Gajiganna Culture

اصطلاح موضوعی

magnetometry

اصطلاح موضوعی

Neolithic

اصطلاح موضوعی

settlement archaeology

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Carlos Magnavita

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Norbert Schleifer

شماره بازیابی

10.3213/1612-1651-10018

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y