Genesis of magnetic anomalies and magnetic properties of archaeological sediments in floodplain wetlands of the Fossa Carolina
Andreas Stele|Jörg W. E. Fassbinder|Joachim W. Härtling|Jens Bussmann|Johannes Schmidt|Christoph Zielhofer
Abstract Floodplain wetlands are complex systems influenced by many natural and anthropogenic operators. Due to the influence of high varying groundwater table organic contents, geophysical prospection in wetland floodplains quickly reaches limits its effectiveness. At Early Medieval canal Fossa Carolina southwest Germany, a study design employing magnetometry, drillings, sampling, situ rock magnetic measurements was used for environmental interpretation anomalies magnetograms sediment layers. This approach offers reliable archaeological properties under site specific sedimentological conditions floodplain wetland. It also found that man‐made due genesis different remanent magnetizations – specifically, greigite (Fe 3 S 4 ) can cause distinct be recognized readily surface data.
Archaeological Prospection