Project leader: Valdis Segliņš
A number of important results have been accomplished during the realization of the project, chief among being the close collaboration of history and geology students (bachelors, masters and doctoral students) and the mastering of field-specific methodology. It could be perceived as an interdisciplinary field practice, that concluded in additional studies for some history doctoral and masters students during the autumn semester of 2010. The course was “Radio-location in geologic research”. It is important, that geology students mastered the specific requirements of historical science research, the high degree of detailed elaboration and necessary types of additional analysis. The aforementioned collaboration is a very important investment in the development of interdisciplinary research within the University of Latvia.
Research results allowed to specify the situation of the centre block of the Natural Sciences Centre of the University of Latvia and to plan the exploitation of the surrounding territory, by taking into account the preservable cultural heritages and to determine the necessary archeological surveillance during the construction works.
The realized research in Riga, Torņakalns using the radio-location sensing method has allowed to identify several objects and their groups in the depth of 5-:-7 m, which would be useful to the client for further planning of work. The radio-location profiling work that has been carried out, has allowed to:
- get qualitative and interpretable signals throughout the research ground;
- interpreting the signals, provided that the separate objects on the ground are building remnants; Also, places where physical checks for found building remnants are recommended were found The research simultaneously shows that further detalization for the found building remnants is possible on the spot, as well as it shows the occurrence of weak gravel that is not suitable for construction work in almost all of the research territory. Their localization also is included in radio-location method research of other objects. The detalized archeological research places were chosen according to the results of geophysical research. This allowed to plan the excavations rationally and to achieve high results. A special radio-location research methodology for such needs was devised, including for high resolution data interpretation. The research was carried out during a time when the territory was covered with allotments and their typical buildings and infrastructure, which limited the realization of full scale research and made the work much harder. Unfortunately, the replicability of data on mass is not high enough, which signifies the need for further development of the method, until it becomes an effective working instrument in archeological research.
- get qualitative and interpretable signals throughout the research ground;
- interpreting the signals, provided that the separate objects on the ground are building remnants; Also, places where physical checks for found building remnants are recommended were found The research simultaneously shows that further detalization for the found building remnants is possible on the spot, as well as it shows the occurrence of weak gravel that is not suitable for construction work in almost all of the research territory. Their localization also is included in radio-location method research of other objects. The detalized archeological research places were chosen according to the results of geophysical research. This allowed to plan the excavations rationally and to achieve high results. A special radio-location research methodology for such needs was devised, including for high resolution data interpretation. The research was carried out during a time when the territory was covered with allotments and their typical buildings and infrastructure, which limited the realization of full scale research and made the work much harder. Unfortunately, the replicability of data on mass is not high enough, which signifies the need for further development of the method, until it becomes an effective working instrument in archeological research.