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Searching for the Antigonea Theatre: A Magnetic Survey in an Ancient Epirus City

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: We report on two magnetic surveys performed in July and September 2015 at the ancient Hellenistic city of Antigonea, located in southern Albania. The main objective of the two surveys was to find the city theatre and determine possible sites of future excavations. We suggest a new technique for dense collecting of magnetic data along difficult terrains, with minimization of the topographic effect. Evidence of a possible location of the theatre was found along the southern slope of the Jermë hill, just outside the city walls. Other interesting structures indicate the presence of many other buildings in this part of the Antigonea settlement. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. StartCopTextStartCopTextCopyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Source: Archaeological Prospection

DOI: 10.1002/arp.1549

Authors: Antonio Schettino, Dhimiter Çondi, Roberto Perna, Pietro Paolo Pierantoni, Annalisa Ghezzi

Institutions: Università di Camerino, University of Macerata

Language: English

Topic: Geophysical Methods and Applications

Subfield: Ocean Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Università di Macerata, Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Università degli Studi di Camerino

OpenAlex ID: W2783873388

FWCI: 0.741

Cites: 9

Cited by: 2

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