{"id":679,"date":"2017-04-25T10:59:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T08:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.niku.no\/geofysiske-undersokelser\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T14:08:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T12:08:54","slug":"geophysical-surveys","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.niku.no\/en\/geophysical-surveys\/","title":{"rendered":"Geophysical surveys"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-672 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.niku.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/geofysiske-unders\u00f8kelser-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Maskin brukt til geofysiske unders\u00f8kelser\" width=\"680\" height=\"454\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Archaeological registrations in cultivated land are currently carried out mainly by mechanical excavation.<\/p>\n<p>Geophysical surveys is a method that is effective in finding particular types of cultural heritage and archaeology, such as settlements and overgrown burial mounds.<\/p>\n<p>In our projects we mainly use georadar, but we can also combine these surveys with, for example, magnetometer surveys and laser scanning.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video clip from georadar surveys in Buskerud county municipality in spring 2017:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNIKUnorway%2Fvideos%2F631216060402669%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Geophysical surveys and the terrain<\/h3>\n<p>In this way we can map both the terrain and the archaeological structures below the ground surface.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the various survey methods can be gathered in a geographic information system and visualized together with other information.<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of these types of surveys are many:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The methods are intervention-free. While traditional archeology is devastating by removing soil and culture layers, geophysics can map a site without the need for direct intervention on the ground.<\/li>\n<li>The methods are cost-effective. One can investigate large areas in a relatively short period of time.<br \/>\nAreas that can not be digged, such as cemeteries, can be mapped.<\/li>\n<li>By exploring a large area, we\u00a0can put the archaeological sites into a larger context.<\/li>\n<li>The methods do not necessarily replace traditional burial archaeology, but are a valuable additional tool for performing archaeological records efficiently and with good academic results.<\/li>\n<li>Although the technology used in these instruments in itself is not new, the methods in recent years have seen a significant development.<\/li>\n<li>Where one or two individual instruments have previously been used, a number of instruments are now mounted on wide rails that are pulled or pushed by a minitractor or ATV, which makes it possible to cover large areas in a relatively short period of time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-838\" src=\"https:\/\/pre.niku.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Geofysikk-Gravhauger-p\u00e5-skjerm-1-of-1-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" \/>\n<h3>Unknown heritage sites<\/h3>\n<p>The methods can thus show whether the ground\u00a0conceals residues for unknown settlements, graves or old roads, but also\u00a0modern\u00a0times in the ground will appear as drainage ditches and overload roads.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions about archaeological geophysics, please contact: <a href=\"mailto:lars.gustavsen@niku.no\">lars.gustavsen@niku.no<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Archaeological registrations in cultivated land are currently carried out mainly by mechanical excavation. Geophysical surveys is a method that is effective in finding particular types of cultural heritage and archaeology, such as settlements and overgrown burial mounds. 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