Open AccessReport on the geomagnetic survey at margum in october 2011
Author(s) -
Christoph Rummel,
Daniel Peters,
Georg Schafferer
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
starinar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0739
pISSN - 0350-0241
DOI - 10.2298/sta1262229r
Subject(s) - settlement (finance) , earth's magnetic field , excavation , archaeology , geography , period (music) , physical geography , art , physics , quantum mechanics , world wide web , magnetic field , computer science , payment , aesthetics
In autumn 2011, the geomagnetic survey was conducted at Margum/Morava. The results significantly contribute to our knowledge of the history of the site, together with the ones of the recent LiDAR scanning of its wider area. The data show that the part of Margum surveyed was densely settled with stone structures, possible timber-frame buildings and, perhaps, some sunken dwellings of the “Grubenhaus” type, which corresponds both with the results of current excavations and earlier observations. The settlement patterns that can be identified were clearly planned. It is possible to identify two differing general orientations. This suggests that there were at least two main periods of occupation at Margum, during both of which there was a degree of planning as to how the site was laid out. Both orientations are found at either end of the surveyed area, suggesting that the entire site was settled in both phases