Quantitative analysis of total magnetic anomaly maps on archaeological sites-Part 1

Abstract

In this study, which is the first part of quantitative analysis of total magnetic anomaly maps on archaeological sites, it is aimed to analyze the horizontal boundary values of potential buried structures that cause anomalies from the total magnetic anomaly maps of an archaeological excavation area. In the first step, the model was created in accordance with the archaeological structure. Noisy and noiseless anomaly maps of this model were calculated. These maps were enhanced using the reduction to pole and upward continuation methods. Tilt angle and automatic gain control methods were used. The responses of these methods on the total magnetic anomaly maps of the model were analyzed. In the second step, by applying the same procedures on the total magnetic anomaly map obtained from the magnetic measurements on the area that has not been excavated in the Amasya Oluz Mound archaeological excavation area, the horizontal boundaries of the potential structure elements of the region were analyzed.