Integrated usage of geophysical prospection techniques in Höyük (tepe, tell)-type archaeological settlements

Abstract

The integrated use of geophysical methods has developed rapidly in the last fifteen years in archaeological prospection (Brizzolari et al., 1992; Gaffney et al., 2004; Drahor, 2006; Casana et al., 2008). The combined application of different geophysical techniques supplies useful information about buried archaeological contexts, particularly höyük(tell, tepe)-type archaeological settlements. The aim of such studies is to help archaeologists conduct fast, effective and economical excavations by p (...)