Caspari, Gino ORCID: 0000-0002-0944-5095, Sadykov, Timur ORCID: 0000-0001-8535-1173, Blochin, Jegor, Buess, Manuel, Nieberle, Matthias and Balz, Timo ORCID: 0000-0002-1624-4697 (2019). Integrating Remote Sensing and Geophysics for Exploring Early Nomadic Funerary Architecture in the Siberian Valley of the Kings. Sensors, 19 (14). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 1424-8220
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This article analyses the architecture of the Early Iron Age royal burial mound Tunnug 1 in the Siberian Valley of the Kings in Tuva Republic, Russia. This large monument is paramount for the archaeological exploration of the early Scythian period in the Eurasian steppes, but environmental parameters make research on site difficult and require the application of a diversity of methods. We thus integrate WorldView-2 and ALOS-2 remote sensing data, geoelectric resistivity and geomagnetic survey results, photogrammetry-based DEMs, and ortho-photographs, as well as excavation in order to explore different aspects of the funerary architecture of this early nomadic monument. We find that the large royal tomb comprises of a complex internal structure of radial features and chambers, and a rich periphery of funerary and ritual structures. Geomagnetometry proved to be the most effective approach for a detailed evaluation of the funerary architecture in our case. The parallel application of several surveying methods is advisable since dataset comparison is indispensable for providing context.
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-135183 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.3390/s19143074 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Sensors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number: | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | BASEL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1424-8220 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/13518 |
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