Integrating Geophysical and Photographic Data to Visualize the Quarried Structures of the Roman Town of Bassianae

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Roland Filzwieser, Vujadin Ivanišević, Geert J. Verhoeven, Christian Gugl, Klaus Löcker, Ivan Bugarski, Hannes Schiel, Mario Wallner, Immo Trinks, Tanja Trausmuth, Alois Hinterleitner, Nemanja Marković, Roald Docter, Falko Daim, Wolfgang Neubauer
Remote Sensing, vol. 13(12), 2021, p. 2384

DOI: 10.3390/rs13122384

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Filzwieser, R., Ivanišević, V., Verhoeven, G. J., Gugl, C., Löcker, K., Bugarski, I., … Neubauer, W. (2021). Integrating Geophysical and Photographic Data to Visualize the Quarried Structures of the Roman Town of Bassianae. Remote Sensing, 13(12), 2384. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13122384

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Filzwieser, Roland, Vujadin Ivanišević, Geert J. Verhoeven, Christian Gugl, Klaus Löcker, Ivan Bugarski, Hannes Schiel, et al. “Integrating Geophysical and Photographic Data to Visualize the Quarried Structures of the Roman Town of Bassianae.” Remote Sensing 13, no. 12 (2021): 2384.

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Filzwieser, Roland, et al. “Integrating Geophysical and Photographic Data to Visualize the Quarried Structures of the Roman Town of Bassianae.” Remote Sensing, vol. 13, no. 12, 2021, p. 2384, doi:10.3390/rs13122384.

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@article{filzwieser2021a,
  title = {Integrating Geophysical and Photographic Data to Visualize the Quarried Structures of the Roman Town of Bassianae},
  year = {2021},
  issue = {12},
  journal = {Remote Sensing},
  pages = {2384},
  volume = {13},
  doi = {10.3390/rs13122384},
  author = {Filzwieser, Roland and Ivanišević, Vujadin and Verhoeven, Geert J. and Gugl, Christian and Löcker, Klaus and Bugarski, Ivan and Schiel, Hannes and Wallner, Mario and Trinks, Immo and Trausmuth, Tanja and Hinterleitner, Alois and Marković, Nemanja and Docter, Roald and Daim, Falko and Neubauer, Wolfgang}
}

Abstract
Large parts of the urban layout of the abandoned Roman town of Bassianae (in present-day Serbia) are still discernible on the surface today due to the deliberate and targeted quarrying of the Roman foundations. In 2014, all of the town's intramural (and some extramural) areas were surveyed using aerial photography, ground-penetrating radar, and magnetometry to analyze the site's topography and to map remaining buried structures. The surveys showed a strong agreement between the digital surface model derived from the aerial photographs and the geophysical prospection data. However, many structures could only be detected by one method, underlining the benefits of a complementary archaeological prospection approach using multiple methods. This article presents the results of the extensive surveys and their comprehensive integrative interpretation, discussing Bassianae's ground plan and urban infrastructure. Starting with an overview of this Roman town's research history, we present the details of the triple prospection approach, followed by the processing, integrative analysis, and interpretation of the acquired data sets. Finally, this newly gained information is contrasted with a plan of Roman Bassianae compiled in 1935.