GPR survey at the Roman town of Mariana (Corsica)

In the last ten years, ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has become one of the most valuable methods for the non-invasive investigation of complex urban sites (see e.g. Neubauer et al.,2002; Gaffney et al.,2004; Seren et al.,2004; Leckebusch & Sütterlin, 2007). This contribution summarizes the first results of a GPR survey, carried out in 2008 at the Roman colonia of Mariana, situated in the valley of the Golo, Northwestern Corsica (Fig. 1). Mariana was founded in 100 BC and flourished until the..