M. Járó - L. Költő szerk.: Archaeometrical research in Hungary (Budapest, 1988)
Selected Bibliography - Summaries
PROSPECTING Verő J.: Geofizikai módszerek alkalmazása ipari régészeti kutatásoknál (Application of geophysical exploration in archaeology) = in: Iparrégészet I., Veszprém 1981, pp. 189-199 (In Hungarian) A summarizing description on the use of geophysical methods in archaeology,mainly of the geomagnetic and geoelectric methods. Examples are mostly from foreign countries, with a few Hungarian results to show which kinds of sites can be explored by these methods. Holló L — Verő J.: Geofizikai mérések a Magyarfalva— Kányaszurdok-i vaskohónál (Geophysical measurements at the iron furnaces of Magyarfalva— Kanyaszurdok) = Arrabona, 21 (1979) pp. 109-112. (In Hungarian) Holló, L. — Verő, J.: Beszámoló a Magyarfalva—Kányaszurdok-i vaskohóknál és téglaégető kemencéknél végzett geofizikai mérések eredményéről. (Report on the results of geophysical measurements at the iron furnaces and brick kilns at Magyarfalva—Kányaszurdok) = in: Iparrégészet H., Veszprém, 1984, pp. 141-146. (In Hungarian) The two similar reports describe geoelectric measurements of specific resistivity, with the result that low resistivity spots could be identified with slag accumulation, having about half the resistivity of a more humic environment. The remains of the Roman brick kilns caused an increase of about 50 to 80 per cent in the specific resistivity. Verő J.: A dénesfai vasolvasztó környékén végzett geofizikai mérések (Geophysical measurements at the iron smelting furnace in Dénesfa) = Kohászat, 117 (1984) p. 539. (In Hungarian) After a short description of the method used, the results obtained by the geomagnetic method at the Dénesfa furnace are described, including the pair of anomalies with a difference of about 60 nT at the furnace site. The considerable anomaly corresponds to a rather large quantity of magnetized slags, and the relatively stronger magnetization of the slags may be responsible for the negative anomaly, too. Other anomalies are due to recent iron objects, humic soil, in a few cases to the non-élimina ted part of the time variation of the geomagnetic field. Pattantyús—Á M : Geophysical results in archaeology in Hungary, = Geophysics, Vol. 51, No. 3 (March 1986) pp. 561-567 Several archaeological sites containing different artifacts were investigated by magnetic and geoelectric measurements. Kilns of medieval semisubterranean houses, ruins of a Roman brick building, and pits of a Copper Age settlement were discovered by magnetic methods. The ground plan of a Roman fortress was determined by resistivity measurements at a location where excavation was impossible because of the high groundwater level.
