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dc.contributor.authorSchneider, Samuel G.
dc.contributor.authorBeck, Joseph D.
dc.contributor.authorFuerstenberg, Madeline M.
dc.contributor.authorKofman, Chloe C.
dc.contributor.authorJol, Harry M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-02T18:28:14Z
dc.date.available2020-11-02T18:28:14Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.identifier.urihttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/80710
dc.descriptionColor poster with text, images, photographs, and maps.en_US
dc.description.abstractNearly 4,000 potential hillforts exist throughout the Baltic region. Hillforts served multiple purposes, including defensive forts to protect against attack, wooden castles, and settlements. A ground penetrating radar (GPR) study was conducted on a hillfort in the Šilalė district of western Lithuania. GPR is a noninvasive technology that sends high frequency pulsed energy into the ground. A pulseEKKO GPR system equipped with 500 MHz antennae was used to collect a 40m x 20m grid, with the Y-Lines extended when needed. Other tools such as a GPS and a laser lever were used to supplement the GPR data. The GPR data was processed using the software EKKO_Project 5. The results of the grid contain: 1) two rectangular shaped structures with one being 5.2mx11.5m in size, the second is 4.7m x 11.3m in size, both approximately 0.6m-1.4m in depth, 2) linear feature approximately 3.3m long at a depth of 0.75m-1.0m, and 3) two circular shaped objects, one is approximately 2.1m in diameter at 0.15m-0.4m in depth and the second approximately 3.9m in diameter at 1.1m-1.5m in depth. The results will help guide future archaeological excavations and aid in preserving cultural artifacts within the Bilioniai hillfort as well as helping to further explain the history of hillforts.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Office of Research and Sponsored Programsen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUSGZE AS589;
dc.subjectGround penetrating radaren_US
dc.subjectBilioniai Hillfort (Šilalė, Lithuania)en_US
dc.subjectPostersen_US
dc.subjectDepartment of Geography and Anthropologyen_US
dc.titleSubsurface Imaging of Bilioniai Hillfort, Lithuaniaen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US


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