RAPID: Testing Geophysical Prospection and Mapping Methods for Early Christian Cemeteries in Iceland

RAPID：测试冰岛早期基督教墓地的地球物理勘探和测绘方法

• 批准号: 1242829
• 负责人: Douglas Bolender
• 金额: $ 2.87万
• 依托单位: Field Museum of Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-01 至 2013-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1242829&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Testing; Geophysical; Prospection; Mapping

This is a RAPID project to conduct geophysical survey of the Viking Age Christian cemetery at Stora-Seyla, Iceland, prior to excavation this summer by the Skagafjordur Heritage Museum. the research team states that currently there is no geophysical methodology to find buried churches and cemeteries that can be applied on a regional scale in Iceland. Apparently the most useful geophysical method to detect Viking Age Christian cemeteries in Iceland is ground penetrating radar (GPR). However, the problem is that for GPR to be effective, it is necessary to strip off the grass in advance of survey; such activity is expensive, potentially destructive to archaeological contexts, and most importantly requires that the location of buried church complexes be known before survey. The research team states that electromagnetic (EM) surveying with new multi-sensor instrumentation could provide an alternative that could be applied on a regional scale and would not require the removal of turf prior to survey. While the EM methods have been used successfully to find buried turf walls, the proposed application is untested in Iceland but its results could yield a methodology for finding buried cemeteries and characterizing individual burials. Planned excavation will provide a unique opportunity to ground-truth this innovative EM application. Therefore, the research team is receiving RAPID funds to conduct exploratory EM surveys of this churchyard before the Heritage Museum's excavation, which is being supported by the Icelandic Archaeological Fund.

这是一个快速项目，在今年夏天斯卡加峡湾遗产博物馆进行挖掘之前，对冰岛Stora-Seyla的维京海盗时代基督教墓地进行地球物理调查。 该研究小组指出，目前还没有地球物理学方法来寻找可以在冰岛区域范围内应用的被掩埋的教堂和墓地。显然，探测冰岛维京海盗时代基督教墓地最有用的地球物理方法是探地雷达（GPR）。然而，问题是，为了使GPR有效，有必要在调查之前剥除草;这种活动是昂贵的，对考古环境具有潜在的破坏性，最重要的是需要在调查之前知道被掩埋的教堂建筑群的位置。 研究小组指出，使用新的多传感器仪器进行电磁（EM）测量可以提供一种替代方案，可以在区域范围内应用，并且在测量之前不需要移除草皮。虽然EM方法已成功用于寻找掩埋的草皮墙，但拟议的应用程序尚未在冰岛进行测试，但其结果可能会产生一种寻找掩埋的墓地和表征个人埋葬的方法。计划中的挖掘将为这一创新的EM应用提供一个独特的机会。因此，研究小组正在接受RAPID资金，在遗产博物馆挖掘之前对这个教堂墓地进行探索性的EM调查，这是由冰岛考古基金支持的。