dc.contributor.author | Schneider, Samuel G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Beck, Joseph D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Fuerstenberg, Madeline M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kofman, Chloe C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jol, Harry M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-02T18:28:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-02T18:28:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-05 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/80710 | |
dc.description | Color poster with text, images, photographs, and maps. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Nearly 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.sponsorship | University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire Office of Research and Sponsored Programs | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | USGZE AS589; | |
dc.subject | Ground penetrating radar | en_US |
dc.subject | Bilioniai Hillfort (Šilalė, Lithuania) | en_US |
dc.subject | Posters | en_US |
dc.subject | Department of Geography and Anthropology | en_US |
dc.title | Subsurface Imaging of Bilioniai Hillfort, Lithuania | en_US |
dc.type | Presentation | en_US |