Georadar studies on St. Benedict's Church on Lasota Hill, Kraków, Poland

• Autorzy: Tomecka-Suchoń, S.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Georadar methodology has a considerable potential as a tool for verification of archeological hypotheses. I applied it in the present study to resolve a discussion on the importance of a Proto-Romanesque structure located on Lasota Hill. It is one of the oldest structures on the right bank of Vistula River in Kraków in Poland and some archeologists believe that it was the first seat of the rulers of Lesser Poland in the 9th century. After few decades, the prince's castle was built on Wawel Hill, where subsequently the royal castle was constructed. On the place of the abandoned Proto-Romanesque edifice, a small St. Benedict's Church was raised, but the importance of its predecessor was discussed. Archeological excavations suggested that it served as the prince's residence, but this view would be much strengthened if traces of a prince's building - palatium - could be found. With this in mind, I undertook a search for traces of palatium, employing georadar methodology. I carried out the measurements using Georadar PROEX produced by MALA Geoscience with a set of shielded antennas of frequencies 500 and 800 MHz. They permitted to construct echogram profiles, whose interpretation suggested the existence of palatium. Thus, the georadar data supported the archeological hypothesis about the important role of the Proto-Romanesque structures on Lasota Hill in the early medieval era in Poland, and at the same time demonstrated the usefulness of introducing geophysical methods to archaeology.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

georadar; archaeology; Lasota Hill; St. Benedict's Church

• Czasopismo: Acta Geophysica
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: Vol. 60, no. 2
• Strony: 387-398
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 9 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Tomecka-Suchoń, S.

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland,

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