New historical findings discovery at inner areas of Akçakale Castle (Trabzon, Turkey) with GPR Method

Zeynep Ogretmen Aydın; Ali Erden Babacan; Aysel Seren; Kenan Gelıslı

New historical findings discovery at inner areas of Akçakale Castle (Trabzon, Turkey) with GPR Method

Abstract

Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) can successfully image the buried archaeological findings depending on changes in the electromagnetic features of the researched materials. The GPR survey in the Akçakale (Kordyle) castle built in the 13th century was presented in this study. The castle is located at Akçakale district of Trabzon province on the Eastern Black Sea Coast of Turkey. The key focus of this research is to investigate whether there are archaeological findings in the inner area of the castle with GPR. For this purpose, GPR data were collected by using 250 and 500 MHz antennas at 95 transects within grid lengths ranging 30-50m in the study area. Anomalies considered to be important by evaluating the filtered data were marked on a sketch where the measurement lines are located. On this sketch, the overlapping areas of the anomalies obtained from the data in different directions on the measurement lines were shown by ellipses with red-cut as priority possible anomaly areas. Possible archaeological structures were been successfully determined from 2D and 3D images obtained GPR data in the study area. As a result, it has been suggested that archaeological excavations which will be planned in the study area should be conducted by considering these areas. After the excavations, archaeological findings which are compatible with anomalies were found in the studied area. Thus, it was seen that successful results were obtained with the GPR method in the study area.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Zeynep Ogretmen Aydın ^* This is me
0000-0001-5128-5462
Türkiye

Ali Erden Babacan This is me
0000-0002-8216-5225
Türkiye

Aysel Seren This is me
0000-0003-1134-061X
Türkiye

Kenan Gelıslı This is me
0000-0002-9512-2611
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 6, 2022

Submission Date

October 18, 2020

Acceptance Date

April 4, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 40 Number: 2

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https://izlik.org/JA22BE53FA

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APA

Ogretmen Aydın, Z., Erden Babacan, A., Seren, A., & Gelıslı, K. (2022). New historical findings discovery at inner areas of Akçakale Castle (Trabzon, Turkey) with GPR Method. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 40(2), 344-355. https://izlik.org/JA22BE53FA

AMA

1.Ogretmen Aydın Z, Erden Babacan A, Seren A, Gelıslı K. New historical findings discovery at inner areas of Akçakale Castle (Trabzon, Turkey) with GPR Method. SIGMA. 2022;40(2):344-355. https://izlik.org/JA22BE53FA

Chicago

Ogretmen Aydın, Zeynep, Ali Erden Babacan, Aysel Seren, and Kenan Gelıslı. 2022. “New Historical Findings Discovery at Inner Areas of Akçakale Castle (Trabzon, Turkey) With GPR Method”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 40 (2): 344-55. https://izlik.org/JA22BE53FA.

EndNote

Ogretmen Aydın Z, Erden Babacan A, Seren A, Gelıslı K (June 1, 2022) New historical findings discovery at inner areas of Akçakale Castle (Trabzon, Turkey) with GPR Method. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 40 2 344–355.

IEEE

[1]Z. Ogretmen Aydın, A. Erden Babacan, A. Seren, and K. Gelıslı, “New historical findings discovery at inner areas of Akçakale Castle (Trabzon, Turkey) with GPR Method”, SIGMA, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 344–355, June 2022, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA22BE53FA

ISNAD

Ogretmen Aydın, Zeynep - Erden Babacan, Ali - Seren, Aysel - Gelıslı, Kenan. “New Historical Findings Discovery at Inner Areas of Akçakale Castle (Trabzon, Turkey) With GPR Method”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 40/2 (June 1, 2022): 344-355. https://izlik.org/JA22BE53FA.

JAMA

1.Ogretmen Aydın Z, Erden Babacan A, Seren A, Gelıslı K. New historical findings discovery at inner areas of Akçakale Castle (Trabzon, Turkey) with GPR Method. SIGMA. 2022;40:344–355.

MLA

Ogretmen Aydın, Zeynep, et al. “New Historical Findings Discovery at Inner Areas of Akçakale Castle (Trabzon, Turkey) With GPR Method”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, vol. 40, no. 2, June 2022, pp. 344-55, https://izlik.org/JA22BE53FA.

Vancouver

1.Zeynep Ogretmen Aydın, Ali Erden Babacan, Aysel Seren, Kenan Gelıslı. New historical findings discovery at inner areas of Akçakale Castle (Trabzon, Turkey) with GPR Method. SIGMA [Internet]. 2022 Jun. 1;40(2):344-55. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA22BE53FA