Title
Urban Archaeo-Geophysics in Cusco. The Case Studies of Paraninfo and Casa Concha
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO)
Abstract
The detection of archaeological heritage buried in urban areas represents today one of the most complex challenges of the cultural heritage sciences. The inter and trans disciplinary integration of archeology and geophysics can provide a significant contribution to open new perspectives and approaches addressed at improving the knowledge of the history of cities and locate the areas to be protected. The high complexity for the identification and interpretation of geophysical characteristics in the urban subsoil makes it necessary to develop ad hoc procedures to be implemented and validated in significant case studies. This work shows the results of an interdisciplinary project in Cusco (Peru), the capital of the Inca Empire, where the georadar method has been applied in urban areas of the city, in particular in courtyards of important historical palaces. This follows a published work on georadar based investigations of the main square of the city
Start page
238
End page
241
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Arqueología
Historia, Arqueología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85097825063
Conference
2020 IMEKO TC-4 International Conference on Metrology for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, MetroArchaeo 2020
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