Archaeogeophysical-Based Approach for Inca Archaeology: Overview and one operational application |
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Authors: | Nicola Masini Luigi Capozzoli Gerardo Romano Dominika Sieczkowska Maria Sileo Jose Bastante Fernando Astete Victoria Mariusz Ziolkowski Rosa Lasaponara |
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Affiliation: | 1.Institute for Archaeological and Monumental Heritage,National Research Council C.da Santa Loja,Tito Scalo,Italy;2.Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis,National Research Council C.da Santa Loja,Tito Scalo,Italy;3.University of Bari,Bari,Italy;4.Centre for Pre-Columbian Studies,University of Warsaw,Warsaw,Poland;5.Programa de Investigaciones Arqueologicas e Interdisciplinarias en el Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu,Ministerio de Cultura Cusco,Cusco,Peru;6.Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu,Ministerio de Cultura Cusco,Cusco,Peru |
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Abstract: | Even if, in recent decades, the use of remote sensing technologies (from satellite, aerial and ground) for archaeology is stepping into its golden age, in Southern America geophysics for preventive archaeology is more recent and less used than in Europe, Central America and Middle East. In this paper, we provide a brief overview and show the preliminary results obtained from the investigations conducted in Chachabamba (Peru). The archaeological area is located on a strategic terrace overlooking three Inca roads, which served the most important ceremonial centres (including Machu Picchu) of the Urubamba Valley also known as the Sacred Valley. In particular, Chachabamba investigations were conducted with two principal aims: (1) to give new impetus to archaeological research with targeted investigations aimed at improving and completing the site’s knowledge framework; (2) to experiment and validate an archaeogeophysical approach to be reapplied in other sites of the Urubamba valley, including Machu Picchu, having similar characteristics as those found in Chachabamba. |
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