[Rockhounds] Entire Roman city mapped without any digging

Paul etchplain at att.net
Mon Jun 15 11:28:19 PDT 2020


An ancient Roman city has been fully mapped using

ground-penetrating radar. Archaeologists have found

a monument, market, temple, bath complex, and water pipes.

Jennifer Quellette, Ars Technca, June 14, 200

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/an-ancient-roman-city-has-been-fully-mapped-using-ground-penetrating-radar/

Revolutionary Archaeology: Entire Roman City

Revealed Without Any Digging

University Of Cambridge, June 14, 2020

https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-archaeology-entire-roman-city-revealed-without-any-digging/

The open access paper is:

Verdonck, L., Launaro, A., Vermeulen, F. and Millett, M.,

2020. Ground-penetrating radar survey at Falerii Novi:

a new approach to the study of Roman cities. Antiquity,

94(375), pp.705-723.

https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/298805

https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1810/298805/Fig_1.jpg?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/groundpenetrating-radar-survey-at-falerii-novi-a-new-approach-to-the-study-of-roman-cities/

Yours,

Paul H.



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