In archaeological applications the accurate reconstruction of buried structures is mandatory. Electrical resistivity tomography is widely used for this purpose. Nevertheless, resistivity errors could be generated by wrong placement of electrodes. Papers in the literature do not discuss the influence of errors connected with the electrode position location (GPS-error). In this paper the first results of a Monte Carlo simulation analysis of data acquired on a tumulus are presented. The main research questions were: (i) if it is correct to ignore the GPS-error collect, and (ii) if a minimum threshold, that significantly affect the inversion, exists. Results, obtained considering planimetric GPS-errors of about one third of the fixed electrode distances, show that the GPS-errors affect resistivity, but the generated errors/anomalies: (a) are lower than that obtained without considering the topography, and (b) are significant from a numerical point of view, but do not affect the interpretation, being compatible with the soil resistivity ranges.

Analysis of the influence of the GPS errors occurred while collecting electrode coordinates on the electrical resistivity of tumuli / Pazzi V.; Ceccatelli M.; Ciani L.; Patrizi G.; Guidi G.; Cappuccini L.; Casagli N.; Catelani M.. - In: SENSORS. - ISSN 1424-8220. - ELETTRONICO. - 20(10):(2020), pp. 1-23. [10.3390/s20102966]

Analysis of the influence of the GPS errors occurred while collecting electrode coordinates on the electrical resistivity of tumuli

Pazzi V.;Ceccatelli M.;Ciani L.;Patrizi G.;Guidi G.;Cappuccini L.;Casagli N.;Catelani M.
2020

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In archaeological applications the accurate reconstruction of buried structures is mandatory. Electrical resistivity tomography is widely used for this purpose. Nevertheless, resistivity errors could be generated by wrong placement of electrodes. Papers in the literature do not discuss the influence of errors connected with the electrode position location (GPS-error). In this paper the first results of a Monte Carlo simulation analysis of data acquired on a tumulus are presented. The main research questions were: (i) if it is correct to ignore the GPS-error collect, and (ii) if a minimum threshold, that significantly affect the inversion, exists. Results, obtained considering planimetric GPS-errors of about one third of the fixed electrode distances, show that the GPS-errors affect resistivity, but the generated errors/anomalies: (a) are lower than that obtained without considering the topography, and (b) are significant from a numerical point of view, but do not affect the interpretation, being compatible with the soil resistivity ranges.
2020
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Pazzi V.; Ceccatelli M.; Ciani L.; Patrizi G.; Guidi G.; Cappuccini L.; Casagli N.; Catelani M.
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