Ground Penetrating Radar for archaeological investigations and cultural-heritage diagnostics: Research activities in the COST Action TU1208

Lara Pajewski, Raffaele Persico, Marco Salucci, Mercedes Solla

Abstract

This contribution aims to offer an overview on the most interesting activities fulfilled by Members of the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action TU1208 "Civil Engineering Applications of Ground-Penetrating Radar," concerning the use of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and complementary non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques in archaeology and for cultural-heritage diagnostics. In most cases, archaeology exploits the great potential offered by the GPR technique in limited areas and without complementing it with other NDT approaches, whereas the combined application of multiple high resolution prospection methods at the scale of landscapes and their integrated interpretation are still uncommon. Therefore, this contribution starts with a mention to two large-scale GPR inspections, where extraordinary results were obtained. The paper continues with a review of a selection of cutting-edge case studies where GPR, eventually combined with other NDT approaches, was used to study archaeological sites and other structures of high historical value realised in different ages, ranging from the 13th century BC to the modernist period and including tombs, monuments, cathedrals, buildings, bridges and statues.

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