Transcript The Polis Beneath Our Feet: A Geophysical Survey of the Ancient Cities of Marion and Arsinoe in Cyprus Part I Emery Real Bird, Adrian.

The Polis Beneath Our Feet:
A Geophysical Survey of the Ancient Cities of
Marion and Arsinoe in Cyprus
Part I
Emery Real Bird, Adrian Tasistro-Hart, Brittany Lopetrone
Cyprus in Context
Rome
Greece
Egypt
Assyria
Polis Chrysochous
Polis Chrysochous
Petrarades EF2 Overview
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Basics of Magnetometry
GPS Receiver
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Ground Penetrating Radar
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Origin
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Time Slices
Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT)
Electrodes
Battery
ERT Multiple Lines
Electrodes
Ohm
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0.6 m
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0.2 m
depth
Acknowledgements
Thanks so much to Alain for his unfailing constructive
criticism as well as to Kathleen for taking so much time to
help us with the presentations. Thanks also to Frederik
and Adam for providing perspectives on our presentations,
and thanks also to Joanna for taking time to provide vital
resources and sharing her amazing knowledge of Polis
with us.
Finally, big shout out to Teams ABE and MMAV for
powering through and putting together these
presentations, and also to the Strat and Arch teams for
being there in spirit!
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