Geophysical prospecting, classification and validation of settlement remains in changing environments (G02)

• Subject Area: Geodesy, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics, Cartography
• Term: from 2016 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 290391021

Project G2 explores the remains of material cultural expressions using geophysical prospection and combines the geophysical data with archaeological proxies, towards the reconstruction of societal transformation processes. The project developed new methodology for determining spatial distribu-tion of the remains of houses, which enables reconstruction of the settlement patterns, size and layout of houses and offers a 3D perspective of the settlement structure. In Phase 2, this new methodology will be applied on multi-phase settlements with complex stratigraphies and histories, such as settlement mounds, and identify patterns in the settlement structure as indicators of social transfor-mations.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1266: Human-environmental Interaction in Prehistoric and Archaic Societies
• Applicant Institution: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Thomas Meier, until 6/2020; Professor Dr. Wolfgang Rabbel; Dr. Dennis Wilken; Dr. Tina Wunderlich, since 7/2020