Historical Aerial Photography and Multi-receiver EMI Soil Sensing, Complementing Techniques for the Study of a Great War Conflict Landscape

Wouter Gheyle*, Timothy Saey, Yannick Van Hollebeeke, Stephanie Verplaetse, Nicolas Note, Jean Bourgeois, Marc Van Meirvenne, Veerle Van Eetvelde, Birger Stichelbaut

*Corresponding author

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Abstract

In spite of an increase in World War I (WWI)-related excavations in Flanders (Belgium), little is known about the nature and extent of the buried heritage of WWI from research on a landscape scale. This paper examines the combination of historical aerial photographic evidence and geophysical soil sensing. A case study in Comines-Warneton compares data derived from contemporary WWI aerial photographs with multi-receiver electromagnetic induction surveys. This comparison provides an understanding of the degree of preservation of trenches, dugouts and other military structures, and illustrates the added value of integrating both techniques in an in-depth, non-invasive study of conflict landscapes.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftArchaeological Prospection
Vol/bind23
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)149-164
Antal sider16
ISSN1075-2196
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2016
Udgivet eksterntJa

Emneord

  • EMI survey
  • World War I
  • modern conflict archaeology
  • historical aerial photography
  • geophysical soil sensing
  • conflict landscape
  • COMINES-WARNETON
  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • STONEHENGE
  • HERITAGE
  • BELGIUM

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