corings

During this week, along this traject, six edelman corings were made and three sediment outcrops alongside the river were studied.

Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Geomorphological Survey Report 1 2003

In continuation of the 2005 field campaign, when surface soil samples were collected in this area, 2 m deep corings (see photograph) were made to verify the spectral information contained in the ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) and IKONOS satellite imagery.

Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Geomorphological Survey Report 2 2003

However, the basin itself is virtually sterile of archaeological finds, as was hinted at already by the corings our geomorphologic team carried out here.

Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Survey Report 20: Suburban 2003

Therefore reconnaissance corings are also planned in this area.

Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Survey 2003

These corings confirmed the enormous leveling activities carried out in early Imperial times to build this street: whereas the 1.75 m deep trench in the middle of the street was sitting almost directly above the ophiolithic bedrock, meaning that a 1.80 m thick fill had been spread out here to level the area, this proved to have been ca 3.20 m below the portico!

Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Survey Report 20 2003

This week, we made two corings (6 and 5.5 m deep) in the toe part of the main fan from the northeast.

Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Geomorphological Survey Report 1 2003

These corings indicated that the ancient soil surface is buried under three to four m of colluvium, preventing any ancient traces from appearing on the surface.

Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Survey Report 20: Suburban 2003

A first interpretation of this years corings suggested that there is clear relation between sediment origin and the different zones on the imagery.

Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Geomorphological Survey Report 2 2003

Topographical and lithological maps of the Bereket area, with the locations of the corings carried out since 2004.

Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Palynological Survey Report 1 2003

In corings from upland lakes and trenches in dry dirt from several bajos, he found that the Maya's environment underwent a drastic change midway through their tenure.

Pioneers of the Bajo 2002