TY - JOUR
T1 - Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of the UNESCO Painted Churches in the Troodos Region (Cyprus)
AU - Mitchell, William L.
AU - Abate, Dante
AU - Colls, Kevin S.
AU - Faka, Marina
AU - Colls, Caroline Sturdy
AU - Bakirtzis, Nikolas
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: This research was funded by the Project EXCELLENCE/0918/0144, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research and Innovation Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/3/1
Y1 - 2022/3/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Archaeology
KW - Byzantine church
KW - Cyprus
KW - Ground penetrating radar
KW - Monastery
KW - UNESCO
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U2 - 10.3390/heritage5010014
DO - 10.3390/heritage5010014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85123771514
VL - 5
SP - 260
EP - 285
JO - Heritage
JF - Heritage
SN - 2571-9408
IS - 1
ER -
