Application of 3D GPR attribute technology in archaeological investigations

探地雷达三维属性技术在考古调查中的应用研究(英文)

Ground penetrating radar （GPR） attribute technology has been applied to many aspects in recent years but there are very few examples in the field of archaeology. Especially how can we extract effective attributes from the two- or three-dimensional radar data so that we can map and describe numerous archaeological targets in a large cultural site？ In this paper, we applied GPR attribute technology to investigate the ancient Nanzhao castle-site in Tengchong, Yunnan Province. In order to get better archaeological target （the ancient wall, the ancient kiln site, and the ancient tomb） analysis and description, we collated the GPR data by collected standardization and then put them to the seismic data processing and interpretation workstation. The data was processed, including a variety of GPR attribute extraction, analysis, and optimization and combined with the archaeological drilling data. We choose the RMS Amplitude, Average Peak Amplitude, Instantaneous Phase, and Maximum Peak Time to interpret three archaeological targets. By comparative analysis, we have clarified that we should use different attributes to interpret different archaeological targets and the results of attribute analysis after horizon tracking is much better than the results based on a time slice.

近年来,探地雷达属性技术得到快速发展,并被应用于诸多领域,但在考古领域的应用有待进一步研究。尤其是如何从二维或三维雷达数据体中提取有效属性,对大型文化遗址中不同的考古目标进行解释。我们在云南腾冲南诏古城遗址的调查中,应用了探地雷达技术。为更好地对不同的考古目标体(古城墙、古窑址和古墓葬)进行刻画,我们把采集到的探地雷达资料进行了规范化整理,输入到地震数据处理和解释的工作站,结合考古钻探资料,进行了数据处理和多种探地雷达属性的提取、分析及优化组合,最后应用均方根振幅、平均波峰振幅、瞬时相位和最大波峰时间对三种目标体进行解释。通过对比分析,我们明确了在对不同的考古目标体进行解释时,应该使用不同的属性特征;层位追踪之后进行属性提取和分析的效果要好于普通的等时切片。