43574
Title Of Article Chaper
Can we survey the limits of an archaeological site? The example of St. Romain en Gal (France)
Title Of Journal Book
Proceedings of the 18th international symposium on archaeometry and archaeological prospection, Bonn, 14-17 March 1978; Archaeo-Physika, Band 10, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn
Pages
638-646
Collation
5 maps
Publisher
Rheinland-Verlag GmbH
Publisher City
Köln
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Meeting
International symposium on archaeometry and archaeological prospection. 18.
Meeting City
Bonn
Abstract
The Gallo-Roman site of St. Romain en Gal was discovered by chance during the building of a secondary school when houses and mosaics were uncovered. To avoid such situations in the future in consideration of city growth, an area of about 40 hectares has been surveyed and the location of archaeological features identified. Resistivity measurements have been able to give indications of the major road and of large buildings on a rectangular grid; however, some uncertainty remains on the boundaries of the site, assuming that walls or ditches did exist. A most probable area can be identified with certainty, utilizing other sources of data -- altimetry, surface finds, and ancient cultivations (1809) reported on conventional maps.
Keywords
Archaeology, prospection; Archaeology, prospection magnetic -- ICCROM
pub_id
43574
Meeting Date
19780314-19780317