Complex prospection of medieval underground salt chambers in the village of Wiślica, Poland
Authors:
- Tomisław Gołębiowski,
- Bernadetta Pasierb,
- Sławomir Porzucek,
- Monika Łój
Abstract
In the period of its great boom, i.e. between the fourteenth and the sixteenth centuries, Wiślica (a village in the southeast part of Poland) was one of the administrative capitals of Poland, an important centre of commerce and trade, as well as one of the most important centres of salt trade in the country. There is a hypothesis that underground chambers previously existed in Wiślica where salt was stored. This paper delineates archaeological, geological, and hydrogeological studies conducted in Wiślica and presents historical background with a particular focus on the salt trade. The main part of the paper consists of the results of geophysical studies carried out in the Solny Square, and the objective of the investigations was verification of the hypothesis of the existence of underground salt chambers. Three geophysical techniques were employed, i.e. ground penetrating radar (GPR), electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), and a micro‐gravimetric method. The GPR method was applied for examination of the near‐surface zone to find the remains of medieval shafts located over the underground chambers facilities. ERT and micro‐gravimetric methods were applied for detection of chambers or their remains located at depths from a few to a dozen or so metres. The results of geophysical surveys were correlated with information from boreholes. ERT and micro‐gravimetric data were correlated, which allowed the determination of three main anomalous regions located several metres under Solny Square. A control borehole was drilled in the central part of the largest geophysical anomaly and samples were collected to establish pH; the borehole data confirmed the existence of a depression in the rock mass filled with Quaternary material with alkaline pH. It is likely that two of three anomalies indicated the locations of remains of medieval underground salt chambers.
- Record ID
- CUTb1e193eec7c741f497b366f11f77472e
- Publication categories
- ;
- Author
- Journal series
- Archaeological Prospection, ISSN 1075-2196, e-ISSN 1099-0763
- Issue year
- 2018
- Vol
- 25
- No
- 3
- Pages
- 243-254
- Other elements of collation
- il. (w tym kolor.); Bibliografia (na s.) - 254; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Data udostępnienia on-line - 2018-05-24; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 25, Iss. 3
- Keywords in English
- archaeology, electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), geophysics, ground penetrating radar (GPR), micro‐gravimetry, underground salt chambers
- DOI
- DOI:10.1002/arp.1706 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arp.1706 Opening in a new tab
- Related project
- Interpretacje geotechniczne podłoża gruntowego z zastosowaniem metody in-situ w wybranych obiektach Polski Południowej. . Project leader at PK: , ,
Działalność statutowa - Badania własności fizycznych ośrodka gruntowego metodami geofizycznymi o geotechnicznym. . Project leader at PK: , ,
Działalność statutowa
- Interpretacje geotechniczne podłoża gruntowego z zastosowaniem metody in-situ w wybranych obiektach Polski Południowej. . Project leader at PK: , ,
- Language
- eng (en) English
- Score (nominal)
- 30
- Publication indicators
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Web of Science, Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUTb1e193eec7c741f497b366f11f77472e/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUTb1e193eec7c741f497b366f11f77472e
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