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03.03.2022, 12:15
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Deposit Modelling has been used for many years now as a
method of conglomerating data to provide an overall view of the
palaeo-environmental and archaeological topography/landscapes for the
preservation, excavation and/or development of land.
Many data sources are used to achieve this level of
interpretative data sequencing, including boreholes, excavation, geological
studies and geophysical surveys. This data is amalgamated into one data set;
each source used as a reference for the other.
Deposit Modelling has the ability to deliver the potential
locations of archaeological sites within a landscape, set into a
palaeo-landscape and topography. This can be delivered without the need for
large scale excavation or other intrusive works which may damage archaeological
material and/or increase development costs. This is achieved due to the
non-intrusive and non-destructive nature of GPR technologies.
In their simplest form, deposit models provide visual representations of
the special and stratigraphic relationships between sediments,archaeological
and palaeoenvironmental remains in areas preserving both vertically and
laterally accreting sediment sequences.
GPR is a potentially game changing application of geophysical technology, in that it allows for the depth analysis and topographical mapping which is the purpose for deposit modelling.
An example of GPR’s ability in Deposit Modelling would be that of a discovered palaeo-channel underneath an area of aircraft stand on an airstrip in North Wales.