Geophysical Mapping Methods: the case study of Veria in Chalkidiki

Abstract

This diploma thesis is divided into four chapters.In the first chapter, there is a referring to the history, progress of the geophysical methods over the years and their adaptation in archaeology. The chapter concludes with the presentation of various applications of these methods within the Greek territory, for archaeological purposes. The second chapter reports the main geophysical methods, are applied for detecting antiquities, focusing on the Magnetic and Electrical resistivity methods. In the third chapter, the archaeological excavations combined with the geophysical surveys applied in Vergina are presented, as an innovative, for our country, teamwork, in a very important archaeological site of Greece. Finally, in the fourth chapter is presented the archaeological site of the Toumba of Veria, N. Syllaton, previous excavations and a geophysical survey of 2017, by the magnetic method.