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Nowaczinski, Erich, Schukraft, Gerd, Rassmann, Knut, Reiter, Samantha, Mueller-Scheessel, Nils, Hecht, Stefan, Eitel, Bernhard, Bubenzer, Olaf and Batora, Jozef ORCID: 0000-0002-7690-1628 (2015). A Multidimensional Research Strategy for the Evaluation of Settlement Pits: 3D Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Magnetic Prospection and Soil Chemistry. Archaeol. Prospect., 22 (4). S. 233 - 254. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL. ISSN 1099-0763

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Abstract

Irrespective of the region and time period, settlement pits are common features at archaeological sites. Variations in shape, size and fill reflect great diversity in terms of primary and secondary functions. Careful analysis of these aspects and a pit's refilling history yield key information for the reconstruction of economic, social and chronological aspects of settlement history. At present, it is unusual for a settlement site to undergo complete excavation; in most cases, only small areas within a larger settlement are opened to archaeological inquiry and, accordingly, only a scarce few pits can be excavated. Therefore, the application of a combination of new prospection methods can help to classify and preselect representative pits for subsequent excavation in order to guarantee the highest information output. The interdisciplinary investigations at the Early Bronze Age of Fidvar in Slovakia enabled the development of just such a multidimensional research strategy for the evaluation of settlement pits. Used in concert, magnetic survey and electromagnetic prospection delivered 2D data which revealed the locations of pits at the site. This was the basis for the 3D electrical resistivity tomography measurements which followed, enabling the three-dimensional reconstruction of prehistoric pits' geometries. Supplementary sedimentological and geochemical investigations of the pits' contents revealed important information about the pits' former functions as well as the mechanisms of the processes through which they were filled in. Thus, the integrated approach provides us with a new means of obtaining an overview of pit assemblages at archaeological sites in general and demonstrates its potential for the acquisition of valuable information about the food acquisition and storage processes at Fidvar in specific. Copyright (C) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Nowaczinski, Erich UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schukraft, Gerd UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rassmann, Knut UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Reiter, Samantha UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mueller-Scheessel, Nils UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hecht, Stefan UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Eitel, Bernhard UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bubenzer, Olaf UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Batora, Jozef UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-7690-1628 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-390221
DOI:	10.1002/arp.1510
Journal or Publication Title:	Archaeol. Prospect.
Volume:	22
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 233 - 254
Date:	2015
Publisher:	WILEY-BLACKWELL
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1099-0763
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language BRONZE-AGE SETTLEMENT; FIRING TEMPERATURE; VRABLE SLOVAKIA; FIDVAR; SEDIMENTS; POTTERY; STORAGE; TURKEY; ISRAEL Multiple languages Archaeology; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/39022