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This forms part of the preliminary open data release for the Project Panormos archaeological survey. This "panormos/survey-data" repository contains archaeological data collected as part of the Project Panormos intensive archaeological survey, including tract data (pottery counts, environment, etc.), POI (points-of-interest), finds descriptions and contexts, and photo metadata. Scripts to correct raw imported data files (e.g. from ODK software) into the "canonical" versions are also made available here. Release 0.2.0 includes data from the 2015, 2017 and 2019 seasons. It is a pre-publication or "observation" version. No derivative works should be made until the expiry of the observation phase: please see enclosed LICENSE file for details. Release 0.1.0 includes data from the 2015 season. It is a pre-publication or "observation" version. No derivative works should be made until the expiry of the observation phase: please see enclosed LICENSE file for details. Releases below 1.0.0 represent preprint working datasets before final publication. Although every effort has been made to reduce errors and make the datasets available in a form that should be easy to navigate, the status of the data as a form of "beta" should be borne in mind. The data presented here was generated from fieldwork that was funded from a variety of sources. For full funding details of the project supporters and funders, please see project website (http://www.panormos.de/pp/acknowledgements/). Contributions to publication and preparation of the data was also made as part of a project that has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement no. 700769.

International law enforcement agencies adopt a standard procedure to analyse a crime scene, beginning with a landscape macroscopic study (e.g., remote sensing) till a microscopic evidence analysis (e.g., archaeological stratigraphy) following intermediate steps such as geophysics, fieldwalking, and taphonomy.

Práce se věnovala hradu Kokšín nacházejícího se v klatovském okrese. Na lokalitě byl proveden nedestruktivní archeologický výzkum. Součástí práce bylo geodetické zaměření hradního areálu a vyhotovení šrafového plánu lokality. Katedra archeologie Obhájeno The thesis deals with the Kokšín Castle. It is situated in Klatovy region. On the locality was carried out a non-destructive research. Castle was also geodetically localized with total station and on the basis of gained data was created 3D model of the locality.

In the course of the planned construction of the wind farm "Zistersdorf Mitte" on the land parcel "Rustenfeld" southeast of the municipal area of Zistersdorf, the archaeological potential of the areas affected by this project was to be evaluated and investigated by means of an archaeological survey with systematic surface finds collection as part of a contract awarded by WEB Windenergie AG. Therefore, the survey aimed to find and locate new archaeological sites, suspected sites, and areas with potential finds in the areas affected by the construction activities. In addition to a systematic survey, information was gathered from the federal site database, aerial photographs, historical maps, and literature research. The survey results led to a catalog of measures that will serve as a basis for further action on the identified archaeological sites/suspected sites and areas of potential finds. The survey was carried out under good surface visibility and weather conditions and covered an area of about 10.4 ha on 256 survey lines with a total length of about 10 km. The quality of the survey results can therefore be rated as "1 - very good". A total of 18 finds, all ceramic fragments, were collected during the survey. The vast majority of the finds can be dated as modern and recent. The distribution of artifacts can be characterized as a thin veil of significant finds loosely scattered over all the surveyed areas. Near the surveyed fields, some features can be considered old road structures according to the historical cadastral maps some of which can still be seen as features in recent aerial photographs. The observed distribution pattern of the finds can probably be traced back to the practice of farmyard manuring, whereby a connection with modern and recent agricultural activities of the population of Zistersdorf, which is about 2 km away, is obvious. Preprint -- Report to the Austrian Federal Monuments Authority, in press.

In the course of the planned construction of the wind farm "Loidesthal II" south of the settlement areas of Zistersdorf and Groß-Inzersdorf and east and west of the village of Loidesthal, the archaeological potential of the areas affected by this project was to be assessed on behalf of WEB Windenergie AG and investigated for this purpose by means of an archaeological prospection with systematic collection of surface finds. The aim of the prospection was therefore to detect and locate new archaeological sites, suspected sites and areas of potential finds in the areas affected by the construction activity. In addition to a systematic survey, information from the Federal Monuments Authority's site database, aerial photographs, historical map material and literature research were used. The results of the survey led to a catalog of measures that will serve as a basis for the further procedure for the identified archaeological sites/suspected sites and areas of potential finds. Surface finds were recorded during the archaeological prospection on 325 walked lines with a total length of approx. 13 km, whereby an area of more than 20.5 ha was recorded. A total of 13 finds, twelve ceramic fragments and one metal object were recovered, all of which can be dated to the modern period. Two find concentrations can be seen in connection with already known find sites, in the remaining areas the find occurrence is to be evaluated due to the find distribution and the state of preservation of the recovered artifacts with high probability as a product of modern court stable fertilization, whereby a connection with modern and recent agricultural activities of the population from Loidesthal, spatially between 1 and 3 km distant, suggests itself. In the immediate vicinity of the survey areas, there are also features which, according to the Franziszeischen Kataster, are to be considered as old road structures and which are partly still visible as features in current aerial photographs. Preprint -- Report to the Austrian Federal Monuments Authority, in press.

The Department of Archaeology at Siena has been engaged for several decades in the testing of new methodologies, new approaches and new instruments for construction of the archaeological record. In relation to landscape archaeology and in particular with the South Tuscan landscapes the low level of visibility and heavy clay soils have directed us towards those techniques of remote sensing that leave a wide choice to the archaeologist in the periods for carrying out data capture. In particular we have begun to work on a systematic program of aerial survey, on Ikonos-2 and QuickBird-2 satellite imagery and on micro-digital terrain modelling using digital photogrammetry. On the ground our infra-site analysis has been improved by applying extensive magnetic survey, recently integrated with GPR survey; other gains have come from the systematic use of differential GPS and PDA devices. Along with the development of new technologies we have continued the study of historical aerial photographs and the use of field-walking survey, both of which still constitute, in our opinion, undeniably valuable sources for the archaeological study of ancient landscapes. The results that we have obtained are encouraging and show clearly the need to use integrated sources. Sourceintegration now represents the prime focus of our research. In an area like that of South Tuscany without this approach we foresee little possibility of obtaining results which will have a real effect on our understanding of the development of the landscape across time.

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Q130: surveys over the site of a Hellenistic-Roman farm in southern Italy. This article reports on the results of survey experiments conducted by a GIA team in 2010 over the site of a Hellenistic-Roman farm, Q130, located in the foothills enclosing the Sibaritide coastal plain in southern Italy. The experiments show that a ‘quick scan’ surface survey method achieves good results in locating the main structures, matching the results of a gradiometer survey conducted simultaneously, and that further useful chronological and functional detail was obtained by ‘total’ survey and in-field classification of the finds. The socio-economic context of this farm site must obviously be sought in the nearby Hellenistic colony of Thourioi and its Roman successor Copiae, but further questions about the character and chronology of the site can only be answered by excavation.

The landscape of Scarlino (Grosseto, Italy) has been studied by the Department of Archaeology (University of Siena) since 1979. The archaeological site was identified in vertical air photos, but the unavailability of GPS devices at the time made location in the field difficult. Aerial photo analysis allowed us to interpret the evidence as a triple enclosure. This paper presents the data collected with magnetic, GPR and Automatic Resistivity Profiler (ARP) surveys with the purpose of opening a...