The discovery of the school of gladiators at Carnuntum, Austria
- Author
- Wolfgang Neubauer, Christian Gugl, Markus Scholz, Geert Verhoeven (UGent) , Immo Trinks, Klaus Löcker, Michael Doneus, Timothy Saey (UGent) and Marc Van Meirvenne (UGent)
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- Abstract
- Sophisticated techniques of archaeological survey, including airborne imaging spectroscopy, electromagnetic induction and ground-penetrating radar, are opening up new horizons in the non-invasive exploration of archaeological sites. One location where they have yielded spectacular results is Carnuntum in Austria, on the south bank of the Danube, capital of the key Roman province of Pannonia. Excavations in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries revealed many of the major elements of this extensive complex, including the legionary fortress and the civilian town or municipium. Excavation, however, is no longer the onlyway of recovering and recording the details of these buried structures. In 2011, a combination of non-invasive survey methods in the area to the south of the civilian town, where little was visible on the surface, led to the dramatic discovery of remains interpreted as a gladiatorial school, complete with individual cells for the gladiators and a circular training arena. The combination of techniques has led to the recording and visualisation of the buried remains in astonishing detail, and the impact of the discovery is made all the greater by the stunning reconstruction images that the project has generated.
- Keywords
- Achaeological prospection, Aerial archaeology, Aerial photography, Airborne remote sensing, Archaeological prospection, Austria, Carnuntinum, Carnuntum, Geophysical prospection, EMI (ElectroMagnetic Induction), Gladiator, Roman archaeology, Roman, Remote sensing, Magnetic prospection, GPR (Ground-Penetrating Radar), Ludus
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-4316636
- MLA
- Neubauer, Wolfgang, et al. “The Discovery of the School of Gladiators at Carnuntum, Austria.” ANTIQUITY, vol. 88, no. 339, 2014, pp. 173–90.
- APA
- Neubauer, W., Gugl, C., Scholz, M., Verhoeven, G., Trinks, I., Löcker, K., … Van Meirvenne, M. (2014). The discovery of the school of gladiators at Carnuntum, Austria. ANTIQUITY, 88(339), 173–190.
- Chicago author-date
- Neubauer, Wolfgang, Christian Gugl, Markus Scholz, Geert Verhoeven, Immo Trinks, Klaus Löcker, Michael Doneus, Timothy Saey, and Marc Van Meirvenne. 2014. “The Discovery of the School of Gladiators at Carnuntum, Austria.” ANTIQUITY 88 (339): 173–90.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Neubauer, Wolfgang, Christian Gugl, Markus Scholz, Geert Verhoeven, Immo Trinks, Klaus Löcker, Michael Doneus, Timothy Saey, and Marc Van Meirvenne. 2014. “The Discovery of the School of Gladiators at Carnuntum, Austria.” ANTIQUITY 88 (339): 173–190.
- Vancouver
- 1.Neubauer W, Gugl C, Scholz M, Verhoeven G, Trinks I, Löcker K, et al. The discovery of the school of gladiators at Carnuntum, Austria. ANTIQUITY. 2014;88(339):173–90.
- IEEE
- [1]W. Neubauer et al., “The discovery of the school of gladiators at Carnuntum, Austria,” ANTIQUITY, vol. 88, no. 339, pp. 173–190, 2014.
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