Integrated geophysical archaeological prospection resulting in the discovery of the school of gladiators in the Roman town of Carnuntum in Austria

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Wolfgang Neubauer, Sirri Seren, Alois Hinterleitner, Michael Doneus, Klaus Löcker, Immo Trinks, Erich Nau, Michael Pregesbauer, Matthias Kucera, Geert J. Verhoeven, Timothy Saey, Philippe De Smedt, Marc Van Meirvenne
82nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Las Vegas, 2012

DOI: 10.1190/segam2012-1088.1

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Neubauer, W., Seren, S., Hinterleitner, A., Doneus, M., Löcker, K., Trinks, I., … Van Meirvenne, M. (2012). Integrated geophysical archaeological prospection resulting in the discovery of the school of gladiators in the Roman town of Carnuntum in Austria. In 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Las Vegas: Society of Exploration Geophysicists. https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2012-1088.1

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Neubauer, Wolfgang, Sirri Seren, Alois Hinterleitner, Michael Doneus, Klaus Löcker, Immo Trinks, Erich Nau, et al. “Integrated Geophysical Archaeological Prospection Resulting in the Discovery of the School of Gladiators in the Roman Town of Carnuntum in Austria.” In 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Las Vegas: Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2012.

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Neubauer, Wolfgang, et al. “Integrated Geophysical Archaeological Prospection Resulting in the Discovery of the School of Gladiators in the Roman Town of Carnuntum in Austria.” 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 2012, doi:10.1190/segam2012-1088.1.

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@inproceedings{neubauer2012a,
  title = {Integrated geophysical archaeological prospection resulting in the discovery of the school of gladiators in the Roman town of Carnuntum in Austria},
  year = {2012},
  address = {Las Vegas},
  publisher = {Society of Exploration Geophysicists},
  doi = {10.1190/segam2012-1088.1},
  author = {Neubauer, Wolfgang and Seren, Sirri and Hinterleitner, Alois and Doneus, Michael and Löcker, Klaus and Trinks, Immo and Nau, Erich and Pregesbauer, Michael and Kucera, Matthias and Verhoeven, Geert J. and Saey, Timothy and De Smedt, Philippe and Van Meirvenne, Marc},
  booktitle = {82nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists}
}

Abstract
In the Roman town of Carnuntum 40 km south-east of Vienna (Austria) the unique discovery of a school of gladiators was made using a multi-disciplinary approach based on high-resolution near-surface geophysical prospection. The outstandingly well preserved architecture was revealed through non-invasive mapping using latest highly efficient multichannel ground penetrating radar systems. Foundations of a building complex including a circular training arena surrounded by wooden stands, the gladiator's living quarters, practice fields and an associated cemetery were mapped in unprecedented detail. In this paper, state-of-the-art near-surface geophysical prospection involving large-scale data acquisition, precise real-time positioning, and efficient data processing followed by detailed geophysical and archaeological interpretation is presented.