In this study, we propose a novel combination of non-destructive technologies for mapping the conflict landscape of WW I, including the deployment of a multireceiver EMI soil sensor, the processing of WW I aerial photographs and a study of the landscape and its dynamics.
Historic Aerial Photography of WWI
- Geodatabase with 22.000 aerial images of WWI
- Inventory and photo-interpretation of WWI-features
- Impact of the war on the landscape, destruction by artillery
Landscape Research
- Landscape characterisation
- Landscape trajectories from pre-WWI to the present
- Link between landscape and war infrastructure
Geophysical Soil Sensing
- Detection and characterisation of WWI features below the surface
- Relation between subsoil and conflict landscape
- EMI, magnetometry, GPR…
Other Techniques
- Use of LiDAR (DHMV II Flanders) to detect surface structures of WWI
- Augerings and test excavations to validate data from geophysics
- Link with data from all archaeological excavations in the study area
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