2025-12-08 コペンハーゲン大学（UCPH）
The small island of Palatia off Naxos has been investigated by the researchers. Photo: The Small Cycladic Islands Project
＜関連情報＞
- https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2025/12/archaeologists-use-lasers-to-locate-ancient-settlements-and-artefacts-on-greek-islands/
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/an-interdisciplinary-workflow-for-the-comprehensive-study-of-ancient-quarried-landscapes/D8D956CB810B30AFE42426FA50CF9B62
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X25004067
古代採石場の景観を包括的に研究するための学際的なワークフロー An interdisciplinary workflow for the comprehensive study of ancient quarried landscapes
Rebecca Levitan,Evan Levine,Demetrios Athanasoulis,Irini Legaki,Jessica Paga,Rosie Campbell,Hallvard Indgjerd,Jean Vanden Broeck-Parant,Vasiliki Anevlavi and Thorsten Jakobitsch,…
Antiquity Published:10 October 2025
DOI:https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10212
Abstract
Quarries are information-rich anthropic landscapes, but their unique characteristics often limit the effectiveness of traditional archaeological documentation strategies. Here, the authors present a novel interdisciplinary method for the documentation and analysis of these landscapes, focusing on two ancient marble quarries on the Mediterranean island of Naxos. The workflow, combining lidar, photogrammetry, sculptural and architectural study, geoscience, ecological study and archaeological survey, provides a means for the systematic documentation of quarry landscapes in the Mediterranean and beyond, and aims to promote an understanding of premodern extractive activities not as isolated occurrences but as important aspects of interconnected, evolving landscapes.
古代ギリシャの農村島の景観を理解するための物理探査の応用：パロス島（キクラデス諸島）のパライオピルゴスにおける磁気測定調査 The application of geophysical prospection to understand ancient Greek rural island landscapes: Magnetometry survey at Palaiopyrgos, Paros (Cyclades)
Emlyn Dodd, Stephen Kay, Evan Levine, Elena Pomar, Christopher Whittaker, Demetrios Athanasoulis, Apostolos Papadimitriou
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Available online: 8 September 2025
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105373
Highlights
- Geophysical prospection is rarely used on Cycladic islands or ancient Greek rural contexts.
- Magnetometry applied for the first time on the island of Paros.
- Possible subsurface features identified around a Hellenistic tower site.
- Demonstrates a mixed-methods approach crucial to documenting cultural heritage landscapes under threat.
Abstract
Geophysical prospection in Greece has predominantly been applied at ancient urban sites on the mainland and Crete. It is rarely used on Cycladic islands and even less so in rural contexts, despite their centrality to the eastern Mediterranean region and the ability of geophysical techniques to efficiently cover extensive rural spaces and identify archaeological traces of agriculture and landscape exploitation. This study applies magnetometry for the first time on Paros, around the so-called Hellenistic Palaiopyrgos tower, with the aim of detecting the presence of buried ancillary structures and archaeological indications of agricultural activity. Several sub-surface features were identified and are compared to those at similar tower sites in the Cyclades and Greece. We highlight challenges to this approach and possible pathways forward specific to the investigation of rural landscapes. The data captured in this study will also play a central role in the protection of the Palaiopyrgos archaeological site, highlighting a methodological approach to be deployed in other areas that are experiencing rising pressure due to tourism and rapidly expanding development.
