Project

Reconstructing the Stonehenge Landscape through electromagnetic induction survey

Code
3E004613
Duration
01 October 2013 → 30 September 2019
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Applied mathematics in specific fields
    • Classical physics
    • Optical physics
    • Physical geography and environmental geoscience
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Archaeology
    • History
    • Theory and methodology of archaeology
    • Other history and archaeology
  • Engineering and technology
    • Sensors, biosensors and smart sensors
    • Other electrical and electronic engineering
Keywords
electromagnetic induction prehistory soil mapping archaeology Stonehenge
 
Project description

To understand the prehistoric human-landscape interactions that have shaped the Stonehenge landscape (UK), detailed palaeolandscape information is indispensable. While Stonehenge has been the focal point of archaeological studies for over four centuries, no intensive mapping of the Stonehenge soil has been conducted. The project aims to bridge this gap by reconstructing this past landscape starting from multi-receiver electromagnetic induction surveying.