GPR AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION SURVEYS AT THE HILLTOP SITE OF UL (OLIVEIRA DE AZEMÉIS, PORTUGAL)

Authors

  • Adriaan De Man United Arab Emirates University, Department of History and Archaeology, UAE
  • João Tiago Tavares Municipality of Oliveira de Azeméis, Office of Archaeology and Museology, Portugal
  • Jorge Carvalho University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering, DEM-CERENA, Portugal

Keywords:

Roman hilltop site, regional settlement, castro culture, GPR, electromagnetic induction

Abstract

Ul is an archaeological site located on a hilltop near modern Oliveira de Azeméis (NW Portugal). It had several occupations over time, at least sporadically since the Bronze Age, and is nowadays a small parish with a number of scattered houses and a church, built against and around the Northern slope. Occasional fieldwork, some of it lacking publication, was carried out during the 20th century, followed by a new set of test trenches, as well as two series of geophysical surveys using GPR and electomagnetic induction methods. Some of the results from both the non-invasive and invasive approaches are presented in this paper, and integrate an ongoing discussion about Iron Age and Roman settlement in the NW of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Published

2023-07-28

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Articles