GEOPHYSICS USED IN ARCHAEOLOGY
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- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- ENZO RIZZO
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- GEO/11
Training objectives
- Students will have a good theoretical and practical knowledge of geophysical prospecting for archaeological topic. In addition, they will learn the use of some specific software both of processing and data inversion. Through some lessons in the field, students will use different types of geophysical instruments allowing to have a direct knowledge of them through a passage from theoretical to practical-applicative
Prerequisites
- It is necessary that students have knowledge of physics and mathematics basic. In addition, a good capacity in the use of the PC is welcomed.
Course programme
- The course includes lectures and tutorials. It is divided into the theoretical basis of the main methods of investigation and exposition of the methods of processing and inversion of the data. The students will use some instruments in the field and they will use some elaboration software.
The framework of the course is:
1.INTRODUCTION on the Geophysical prospecting
2.GEOPHYSICAL METHODS: Geoelectrical methods, Electromagnetic surveying, Ground-penetrating radar, Magnetic method, Seismic Method
3. GEOPHYSICAL APPLICATION in Archaeo-Geophysics
4. GEOPHYSICAL DATA: The principles and limitations of geophysical exploration methods, Data Analysis, Data elaboration, Data interpretation
5. Field application
6. Technical Geophysical Report Didactic methods
- The course will be held both in-person (UNIFE room) and via videoconference for students connected in the other partner universities. It will take place field trip on max. 2 days in full immersion mode with geophysical instruments for archaeology. Finally, there will be in-person and video-conferencing exercises for processing the acquired data.
Learning assessment procedures
- Oral examination at the end of the course: exposure of at selected by the teacher is requires. Acquired skill, completeness of exposure and propriety of language are assessed.
Reference texts
- - Reynolds John M.: An Introduction to Applied and Environmental Geophysics, John Willey and sons, 2th edition(2011)
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