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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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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Caspari, Gino UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-0944-5095 UNSPECIFIED Sadykov, Timur UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8535-1173 UNSPECIFIED Blochin, Jegor UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Buess, Manuel UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Nieberle, Matthias UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Balz, Timo UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-1624-4697 UNSPECIFIED
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
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language BURIAL MOUND Multiple languages Chemistry, Analytical; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Instruments & Instrumentation Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/13518