ICAP2025: 16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION
PROGRAM
Days: Tuesday, September 16th Wednesday, September 17th Thursday, September 18th Friday, September 19th
Tuesday, September 16th
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11:15-12:55 Session 2: Multimethod archaeological site prospection
11:15 Unveiling Vetera castra: First Evidence of Urban Structures at the Gates of Vetera Castra through Multi-Method Archaeological Prospection
11:35 Prospecting in the southwestern Amazon forest (Bolivia): Magnetometry near the geomagnetic Equator
11:55 Integrating Geophysical Prospection and 3D Surface Documentation of the Former Währinger Allgemeiner Friedhof, Vienna
12:15 Forest Archaeogeophysics: An Integrated Geophysical Approach to Prehistoric Landscape Reconstruction in Forested Areas – A Case Study from Schaltenrein (NW Switzerland)
12:35 Multimethod investigation of a medieval pottery kiln in southwestern Germany
13:55-15:10 Session 3: Data processing
13:55 Extracting archaeological information from geophysical prospection data
14:30 Frequency dependent and variable vertical integration GPR time slices
14:50 The role of topographic migration in 3D GPR data processing for detecting shallow archaeological targets: A case study
15:40-17:00 Session 4: Data processing
15:40 On the road again… analysis of FD-EMI multi-frequency in volcanic environment
16:00 It’s In the Name: From Place Name Clues to Geophysical Inversion
16:20 Very high resolution lidar mapping of historical forests reveals unique prehistoric and Roman landscape features
16:40 Inter-site Analysis and Predictive Modelling for Middle Neolithic KGA Monuments
Wednesday, September 17th
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09:00-10:35 Session 5: Environmental studies and (palaeo-)landscape mapping
09:00 Into the “Empty Quarter”: Tentative Steps Towards the Peopling of Doggerland
09:35 From field data to model: integration of onshore and offshore research to create a Digital Terrain Model of the Belgian coast around 6 ka BP for geoarchaeological research
09:55 Resistivity-IP survey at Poverty Point WHS
10:15 Geophysical Prospecting in Egypt and Sudan: Periodical Report 2023–2024
11:05-12:45 Session 6: Environmental studies and (palaeo-)landscape mapping
11:05 Identifying Late Palaeolithic Pull-Factors in Lieth Moor, Northern Germany
11:25 Early Mesolithic wetland sites at Ancient Lake Duvensee: geophysical prospection from landscape to excavation scale.
11:45 PastCoast – Using Ground Penetrating Radar data for high resolution chronological investigation of landscape change
12:05 Doris Jetzinger ,
Jakob Gallistl ,
Tim Kinnaird ,
Tabea Truntschnig ,
Samuel Kasemann ,
Armin Schwaiger ,
Roderick B. Salisbury ,
Michael Doneus ,
Matthias Kucera ,
Mareike Stahlschmidt ,
Martin Fera and
Wolfgang Neubauer Sediment talks, or: what interdisciplinary archaeological prospection of the Kreuttal microregion's sediment archive can tell us about the landscape history
12:25 Remotely Sensing the Viksletta Flowscape
13:45-15:05 Session 7: Multimethod archaeological site prospection
13:45 The Residence of the Bulgarian Khans in Pliska – the mapping of a megasite
14:05 Archaeological Prospection at the Migration Period ringforts on Öland, Sweden
14:25 Medieval fortified sites of south-eastern Greater Poland: insights from recent non-invasive research
14:45 Incorporating geophysics into excavations: Lessons from 5 years at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs (France, Burgundy).
15:35-17:15 Session 8: Multimethod archaeological site prospection
15:35 Dimensional Ontology as a Foundation for Methodology of Integrated Non-Invasive Archaeologyical Surveys
15:55 Is it possible to produce a 3D stratigraphic interpretation without digging using Archaeogeophysics? The revisited case of the ancient rural settlement of Plantades in Salviac (Lot, France)
16:15 Geoarchaeological study of the medieval mound of Nids: a geophysical and geotechnical contribution
16:35 Integrating non-invasive research methods in the study of the Late Bronze Age ashmounds from NE Romania
16:55 Klaus Löcker ,
Alois Hinterleitner ,
Jakob Gallistl ,
Hannes Schiel ,
Ingrid Schlögel ,
Ralf Totschnig ,
Tanja Trausmuth-Wallner ,
Mario Wallner ,
Torsten Veit ,
Immo Trinks ,
Kilian Heck ,
Carsten Berger ,
Ulrike Gawlik ,
Ulrike Ide ,
Maria Mischke ,
Marion Müller and
Thomas Wilke Visualising the invisible – Archaeogeophysical research at manor houses in the Baltic Sea Region
Thursday, September 18th
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09:00-10:35 Session 9: New methods and innovations in field prospection
09:00 Drone-magnetometry for high-resolution near surface prospecting
09:35 Possibilities and limitations of the field magnetic susceptibility measurements by Multi-kappa instrument in comparison with magnetometer prospection
09:55 High resolution time lapse 3D ERT aiming for moisture detection on pillars of standing monuments: A case study in Thessaloniki’s Rotunda, Greece
10:15 Micro-gravimetry for archaeological voids detection in preventive archaeology
11:05-12:45 Session 10: New methods and innovations in field prospection
11:05 A three-channel electromagnetic induction array
11:25 Shallow Marine FD – EMI Geophysical Prospection: A multi-instrument archaeological experiment in Stomio, Crete, Greece
11:45 GPR: new perspectives in building archaeology
12:05 Development and Initial Field Applications of the AutoMIRA System for semi-autonomous Large-Scale Geophysical Surveys
12:25 High-Resolution GPR Survey for Archaeological Mapping in Forested Environments: A Case Study from Gryet, Bornholm
13:45-14:40 Session 11: Soils and geochemistry
13:45 Unveiling magnetic susceptibility as a proxy in Archaeology: limits for discrimination of magnetic contributions
14:20 The ghostly features of Odberg: Studying post-depositional changes in GPR data
15:10-17:30 Session 12: Poster session
Integration of magnetometry, photogrammetry, and 3D environment visualisation in La Celadilla (Ademuz, Valencia)
Rediscovering the Calvary Chapel near Blankenheim, Rhineland, Germany
Mapping a Fortified Settlement at Pagouria, Komotini (Thrace, N. Greece)
Documenting different building phases of a medieval chapel through GPR and image-based modelling
Dual Insights: Exploring Two Sites (Lechaion and Sikyon) with Twin GPR Technologies
How soil and sediment magnetism contribute to the understanding of archaeological magnetometry data
Application of geophysical methods in survey of early medieval fortified settlements
Micro-scale prospection. A computed tomography examination of the urn fills of Lusatian Urnfield culture from SW Poland
Archaeogeophysics in Development-led Excavations
Combining Magnetics and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) for the Investigation of Cooking Pits in Schwissel, Germany
Geophysical methods, unmarked graves, and the effects of seasonal rainfall on their detection.
Geophysical Surveys at Petra World Heritage Site
Demining-purposed UAV magnetometry and archaeological heritage management. Ukrainian case
Comparison of geophysical methods applied in the study of abandoned inner rampart fortification at prehistoric and early medieval hillfort Stará Kouřim, Czech Republic
Reconstructing a Lost Suburb: Geophysical Survey of the “Verdronken Weide”, Ypres (Belgium)
Non-destructive geophysical surveys of sacral architecture: Case study from the Basilica of St. Wenceslas in Stará Boleslav, Czech Republic
Geophysics and Archaeological Experimentation: evolution of the magnetic properties of a glassmaker’s furnace
INTEGRAL ARCHAEOMETRIC STUDY IN SAN JUAN RIVER NEIGHBORHOOD IN TEOTIHUACAN (MEXICO)
Surveying the Silk Road : Geophysical investigation of the underground structures in the city of Uzgen
Tangled in linear anomalies: “Roman villa” at the National Trust’s Beningbrough Hall washed down the drain?
Combined ground-penetrating radar and magnetic surveys on the Gallo-Roman settlement of Saint-Brandan (France)
Capsized in the Wadden Sea – The Brig Minerva in geophysical data
Environmental Context in a Commercial Urban setting: the Alna River Project, Oslo, Norway
Detecting intern Trypillia house installations from the magnetization map
Carried through the rushes: FDEMI prospection on the Isle of Eigg, Scotland.
Magnetic survey of Māori stone row systems in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Cross analysis of good radar data and archaeological excavation: case study of Sceaux-du-Gâtinais
Revealing the urban network in sections of the archaeological site in Delos Island employing an integrated geophysical approach
In-situ experimentation of ZheoPS-RTK, a low-tech microtopography acquisition system in underground environment
A Multi-Methodological Approach to Archaeological survey in the Central Bekaa, Lebanon
Electrical resistivity tomography investigations of Ostia Antica (Italy)
Repeated multispectral surveys using UAS for the detection of archaeology in the American Midwest
Rock magnetic signature of human habitation in stratification profiles from archaeological mounds
Geoarchaeological study of an Early Iron Age burial mound at Süttő, Hungary
Archaeological Geophysical Survey at Belgrade Fortess/Kalemegdan Park
Extensive geophysical survey in the archaeological site of Petres, northern Greece
RLPI Geophysical Studies 2010 – 2013: Lessons Learned?
Does the geomagnetic activity affect magnetic anomalies?
Comparison of multi-channel and single channel georadar in a Scandinavian context of megalithic structures from the Late Iron Age.
Multimethod archaeological prospection of the abbey church of Ter Doest (Lissewege, Bruges, Belgium)
Multi-Method non-invasive investigation of the Pefkakia/Demetrias site (Thessaly, Greece)
Testing different inversion strategies for imaging ditches with FD-EMI data
Magnetic and GPR surveys in Metsamor, Argištiḫinili and Zvartnost on the Ararat Plain, Armenia
A Comparative Study of Geophysical Survey Techniques for archaeological site assessment: Magnetometry and Ground Penetrating Radar in the Po Valley
Supplementary results from EMI survey in archaeo-geophysical investigation of the defensive system from a Napoleonic Wardifferent geophysical methods
Multidisciplinary Geophysical Prospection in the Archaeological Site of Abdera, Greece
Geophysical mapping of coastal and shallow submerged Bronze Age settlements: The case of Palaikastro, Eastern Crete Greece
New approach of the Motte du Ciar monumental complex (Sens, France) through aerial images, LiDAR and geophysics
FDEM and GPR prospections at the Roman town of Ostia within the Early Ostia Revisited project
Geophysics to investigate landscape archaeology at Kathu, South Africa
Geophysical insights into soil preservation and Neolithic settlement in Kuyavia's glacial till landscapes (Poland)
On-site and understood? Evaluating meaning in the interpretation of geophysical data at Fountains Abbey
MesoMag: Geophysical Prospection for Mesolithic Land Use in Challenging Soil Environments
Advancing Underwater Archaeological Prospection in Austrian Lakes
Two Early-Medieval central-plan churches in Bavaria and Georgia in the focus of archaeological prospection
Trying to Detect tree roots in the wall of a Post Byzantine church
Integrating Stratigraphic Historical Map Analysis and Geophysical Prospection to study Deserted Medieval Landscapes
Investigations into the Forma Urbis of the Roman city of Aquinum (Lazio, Italy): integrating non-invasive prospection methods and complementary excavations
Multi-methods prospections on the site of Chèvremont (Liege, Belgium).
Geophysical prospection as a tool for the study of urbanism at the La Téne oppidum Bibracte
Recent advances in imaging of hillfort fortifications by 2D/3D/4D electrical resistivity tomography compared to excavations
What is Visible to Whom in Geophysical Data? A Psychological Study on the Analysis of Magnetic Maps from Soba (Sudan)
Building context from different sources: a multimethod approach for assessing the Late Hallstatt hillfort settlements from southwestern Romania
Multimethod Geophysical Prospection at the Sanctuary of Apollo Amyklaios near Sparta, Southern Peloponnese (Greece)
Magnetic, Electromagnetic Induction and Photogrammetry for Zol-i Zard (Tajikistan) exploration
Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) measurements in the walls of the Rotunda monument
oTHALA -Tracing Hidden Archaeological Landscape of Arnafjörður
Bente Sven Majchczack ,
Dennis Wilken ,
Sarah Bäumler ,
Ruth Blankenfeldt ,
Eileen Eckmeier ,
Wiebke Kirleis ,
Søren Munch Kristiansen ,
Jutta Lechterbeck ,
Jens Schneeweiss ,
Philippe de Smedt ,
Immo Trinks ,
Jeroen Verhegge ,
Tina Wunderlich and
Wolfgang Rabbel Geophysical investigation of a Viking Age harbour on the Island of Amrum (DE)
Prospecting on the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gelati, Georgia
Hidden in the Dunes – New insights into the sunken town of Sønderside, Denmark
Footprints of a sunken city – The geophysical signals of Rungholt (Wadden Sea, Germany)
Finding the Eastern Temenos Wall at Temple E, Selinous with GPR
Uncovering Etruscan Burial Mounds: Comparing Geophysical Methods for Identifying Tumuli in the Monte Abatone Necropolis of Cerveteri (Italy)
Coring into the heart of Bruges: The archaeological research of the Eekhoutabbey (2023)
Before and after the dig. A middle Adriatic long-standing necropolis between non-invasive prospecting and excavation.
From anomaly to landscape - a multi-method approach for archaeological landscape models
Pushing too far? Use of 5 non-destructive methods for studying Roman towns: example of Elusa (Eauze, France)
LARSA (IRAQ, 6th – 1st millennium BC): Discovering the city wall and its gates
Beyond discovery: geophysical survey for landscape management and monitoring
Unveiling the Monti Lucretili terraced landscape: reconstructing historical land management through an interdisciplinary approach
Unravelling a Neanderthal landscape rich in bifacial tools at Esbeek-Diessen, the Netherlands
Discovery of a Romanesque church below Saint Paul’s cathedral (Liège-Belgium) using CCR and GPR data
Down the river: The results of the Danube Limes survey in the area from Vukovar to Ilok (Eastern Croatia)
Geophysical and Archaeological Survey at the Early Islamic city of Qurh (al-Ula, NW Arabia) – A Combined Approach
Tricky old maps. Lights and Shadows on Archaeological Geophysics Interpretation using historic cartography. Three survey cases
Revealing the Senne. Preliminary results.
The story of Beidaud, the first Roman rural site in the Eastern region of the empire completely investigated using geophysics
Surveying slave quarters within Martinique’s colonial plantations: ongoing research into the historical memory of a postcolonial territory
Understanding the Anomaly: geophysical survey on the arena of the Roman amphitheatre of Porolissum.
Mapping Cucuteni Pottery Networks: Insights into Production and Distribution Systems in Prehistoric NE Romania through Magnetometer Surveys and Interdisciplinary Analysis
The data in-between: Ancillary data derived from remote sensing surveys in cemeteries, a case study from Coastal Virgina, USA
Geophysical prospection for development-led archaeology. The sector 3 of Sibiu-Pitești highway, Romania
Portable Hyperspectral Imaging (pHI) for the enhanced recording of archaeological features and deposits
Geoarchaeology of Ostia : multi-indicators study of the urban deposits from the western district of the Roman city
Applying OSL profiling and dating on sediment cores to reconstruct landscape changes: pitfalls and strengths
Large-scale electromagnetic surveys at the « Port Autonome » of Dunkirk: Geophysics in the hands of archaeologists
Friday, September 19th
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09:00-10:35 Session 13: Automated data interpretation and classification
09:00 Advances in remote sensing for archaeological prospection: AI-based computational analyses and big datasets
09:35 AI in the fields: Challenges and insights in detecting agrarian footprints from Satellite and LiDAR data
09:55 dipoleXtrctR – a (semi-)automated workflow for the extraction of dipoles from magnetograms
10:15 3D Semantic segmentation of GPR data by means of shallow machine learning
11:05-12:40 Session 14: Archaeological resource management & societal valorisation
11:05 Retraction and Reflection: The Gunung Padang Controversy and the Challenges of Peer Review in Archaeological Prospection
11:40 The Archaeological Prospection of Plankhouse Villages on the Northwest Coast of North America
12:00 Mapping the “dark heritage” of the 20th century – geophysical survey of concentration and prison camps in Bohemia
12:20 Twelve years of community geophysics
13:40-15:00 Session 15: Archaeological resource management & societal valorisation
13:40 A Sample Case for Geophysical Meta Data Archival: The Subsurface Remains of a villa rustica in the Roman Rhineland
14:00 Archaeological Geophysics and Management: The Norwegian Example
14:20 Discovery of a Late Roman city in Ulpiana-Iustiniana Secunda in Kosovo, by simultaneous acquisition and interpretation of GPR, ARP, and archaeological data
14:40 With your permission? Legal restrictions on metal detecting and their implications for archaeogeophysical surveys in Germany