Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the UNESCO Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (Cyprus)
In the framework of the IH-AT (Invisible Heritage Analysis and Technology) project, a cluster of churches ranging from the 11th to the 16th centuries, located in the Troodos Mountain range of Cyprus, designated by UNESCO as World Heritage monuments, were investigated using Non-Destructive-Techniques...
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| author | William L. Mitchell Dante Abate Kevin S. Colls Marina Faka Caroline Sturdy Colls Nikolas Bakirtzis |
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| description | In the framework of the IH-AT (Invisible Heritage Analysis and Technology) project, a cluster of churches ranging from the 11th to the 16th centuries, located in the Troodos Mountain range of Cyprus, designated by UNESCO as World Heritage monuments, were investigated using Non-Destructive-Techniques (NDT) (geophysical and topographic survey), 3D modelling and visualisation methods, contextualised and interpreted by art-historical and archaeological research. A geophysical survey, performed using a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), specifically aimed to confirm the presence or absence of buried features of archaeological interest at each of these sites, in particular, evidence of monastic complexes and buildings that used to surround preserved churches. This paper describes the preliminary results of this survey and some initial interpretations concerning what new information can be discerned about the now lost monastery complexes, in advance of future excavation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-77f3b9ac44ce4ae0a8d98eab09a2745e2023-11-24T01:24:42ZengMDPI AGHeritage2571-94082022-01-015126028510.3390/heritage5010014Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the UNESCO Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (Cyprus)William L. Mitchell0Dante Abate1Kevin S. Colls2Marina Faka3Caroline Sturdy Colls4Nikolas Bakirtzis5Centre of Archaeology, Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent ST4 2DE, UKScience and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia 2121, CyprusCentre of Archaeology, Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent ST4 2DE, UKScience and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia 2121, CyprusCentre of Archaeology, Staffordshire University, Stoke on Trent ST4 2DE, UKScience and Technology in Archaeology and Culture Research Center, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia 2121, CyprusIn the framework of the IH-AT (Invisible Heritage Analysis and Technology) project, a cluster of churches ranging from the 11th to the 16th centuries, located in the Troodos Mountain range of Cyprus, designated by UNESCO as World Heritage monuments, were investigated using Non-Destructive-Techniques (NDT) (geophysical and topographic survey), 3D modelling and visualisation methods, contextualised and interpreted by art-historical and archaeological research. A geophysical survey, performed using a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), specifically aimed to confirm the presence or absence of buried features of archaeological interest at each of these sites, in particular, evidence of monastic complexes and buildings that used to surround preserved churches. This paper describes the preliminary results of this survey and some initial interpretations concerning what new information can be discerned about the now lost monastery complexes, in advance of future excavation.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/5/1/14ground penetrating radararchaeologyByzantine churchmonasteryUNESCOCyprus |
| spellingShingle | William L. Mitchell Dante Abate Kevin S. Colls Marina Faka Caroline Sturdy Colls Nikolas Bakirtzis Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the UNESCO Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (Cyprus) Heritage ground penetrating radar archaeology Byzantine church monastery UNESCO Cyprus |
| title | Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the UNESCO Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (Cyprus) |
| title_full | Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the UNESCO Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (Cyprus) |
| title_fullStr | Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the UNESCO Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (Cyprus) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the UNESCO Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (Cyprus) |
| title_short | Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the UNESCO Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (Cyprus) |
| title_sort | ground penetrating radar survey of the unesco painted churches in the troodos region cyprus |
| topic | ground penetrating radar archaeology Byzantine church monastery UNESCO Cyprus |
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