Degradation and monitoring of archaeological sites
Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași Departamentul de Cercetare Interdisciplinar -
Domeniul Ştiinţe
ACS drd. Ionuț Cristi NICU
Potoci, 10-12 July 2013
Used equipment
GPS survey
GPR surveys
Total station surveys
3D laser scanner Caesium magnetometer
Geographical location of study area
Methodology
GIS database
Using of old maps
Field work
Tracing geomorphological processes from the old maps
Classification of archaeological sites depending on geomorphographical and geomorphometrical settings
altitude slope
aspect Water resources proximity
Hidro-geomorphological processes and affected archaeological sites
Case studies
“Partea de ESE a stațiunii se distruge prin alunecări de teren” (Chirica, Tanasachi, Repertoriul Arheologic al jud. Iași, vol I, pag. 107, 1984).
Rata medie de înaintare
a ravenelor din Podișul
Moldovei este de 1.5
m/an, calculată prin
modele empirice
(Rădoane et al., 1995),
însă ravena Băiceni –
Cucuteni are o evoluție
rapidă, 10m/1.6 ani
(Romanescu et al., 2012)
Active gully surface (evolution):
-1979 (19 281 m²);
- 2008 (26 475 m²);
- april 2010 (26 850 m²);
- november 2010 (27 200 m²);
- may 2011 (27 343 m²);
- august 2012 (28 137 m²).
Ravena Băiceni - Cucuteni
Evolution of the gully edge
Dealul Boghiu/dealul Mare/Filiași
Cercetări arheologice: Orest Tafrali, Emil Condurachi și Victor Manoliu (1935), Berlescu N. (1955), Boghian D. și Mihai C. (1984, 1986).
Alte cercetări (geoarheologice): colectivul platformei Arheoinvest (2010, 2011, 2012).
La Iaz/Iazul 3/dealul Mândra
Cercetări arheologice: Dinu M. (1981), Boghian D. și Mihai C. (1984, 1985), Haimovici (1997).
Alte cercetări (geoarheologice): colectivul platformei Arheoinvest (2011, 2012).
January 2013
Corrected DEM and bathimetrical survey of the settlement
Cele 3 cazuri sunt exemple tipice de situri arheologice care:
- se află sub efectul direct al proceselor de eroziune a solului;
- a încălcării reglementărilor actuale de protejare a patrimoniului arheologic;
- a intervențiilor antropice;
- management defectuos.
Intervizibilitatea dintre cele trei așezări Cucuteni A3
Dealul Mănăstirii
Dealul Boghiu
Dealul Mândra
Selected oral presentations: 1. Ionuţ Cristi Nicu, Gheorghe Romanescu – The use of total station in the evaluation of geomorphological risks – case study: Băiceni-Cucuteni Museum gully, the 5th International Simposium „Present Environment and Sustainable Development 2010, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iaşi, Department of Geography, 15–17 October 2010. 2. Ionuţ Cristi Nicu, Gheorghe Romanescu – Determination of ground-water level by using modern non-distructive methods (GPR technology), Air and water components of the environment, Cluj-Napoca, 18–19 March 2011. 3. Ion Niculiță, Vasile Cotiugă, Aurel Zanoci, Andrei Asăndulesei, Gheorghe Romanescu, Felix-Adrian Tencariu, Bogdan Venedict, Ștefan Caliniuc, Radu-Ștefan Balaur, Ionuţ Cristi Nicu – Magnetometric prospections in the Thraco-Getae fortress from Saharna Mare, Rezina district, Republic of Moldova, First Arheoinvest Congress Interdisciplinary Research in Archaeology, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, 10–11 June 2011. 4. Andrei Asăndulesei, Robin Brigand, Ionuț Cristi Nicu, Vasile Cotiugă – Site catchment analysis and non-invasive approaches in Romanian Chalcolithic. Case study: Cucuteni settlements from Valea Oii river basin, Human-Environment Interactions session, 39th International Symposium on Archaeometry: “50 years of ISA”, Leuven, Belgium, 28 May–1 June 2012. 5. Ionuț Cristi Nicu, Gheorghe Romanescu, Andrei Asăndulesei, Vasile Cotiugă – Present state of hidro-geomorphological risks affecting archaeological sites. Case studies from Valea Oii (Sheep Valley – Bahlui) watershed, Third Arheoinvest Symposium Archaeology and the policies for cultural heritage prezervation, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, 2–3 November 2012. 6. Ionuț Cristi Nicu, Silviu Gania – Archaeological perspectives of salted areas from eastern Romania, World Archaeological Congress – 7, Session Archaeology of salt: approach to an invisible past, The Dead Sea, Jordan, 13-18 January 2013. 7. Ionuț Cristi Nicu – GIS in geoarchaeology, EGEA Eastern Regional Congress, Urban Geography, Life through cities, Tver, Russia, 25 February–1 March 2013. 8. Gheorghe Romanescu, Ionuț Cristi Nicu – Evolution of human settlements and natural risk factors. A case study for Chalcolithic archaeological sites from Valea Oii (Sheep Valley, Romania), 18th International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Centre and Periphery in the Classical World, Merida, Spain, 13-17 May 2013. 9. Ionuț Cristi Nicu, Gheorghe Romanescu, Andrei Asăndulesei, Vasile Cotiugă – Morphometrical and geomorphological characteistics of the landscape from Valea Oii (Sheep Valley) – Bahlui. Direct implication on Chalcolithic archaeological sites, Third Arheoinvest Congress Interdisciplinary Research in Archaeology, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, 7–8 June 2013.
Papers: ISI -Asăndulesei Andrei, Lăcrămioara Istina, Vasile Cotiugă, Felix-Adrian Tencariu, Ștefan Caliniuc, Radu Balaur, Ana-Petronela Crețu, Ionuț Cristi Nicu, Bogdan Venedict – Cesium magnetometer survey in the Cucuteni settlement of Fulgeriș - La Trei Cireși, Bacău county, Romania, Romanian Reports in Physics, Physical Methods and Instrumentation section, on-line ISSN 1841 – 8759, 2012 (impact factor 0.5).
IDB - Ionuţ Cristi Nicu, Gheorghe Romanescu – Determination of ground-water level by using modern non-distructive methods (GPR technology), Air and water components of the environment, Cluj-Napoca, 2011, eds.: Gavril Pandi and Florin Moldovan, p. 441-448, ISSN 2067-743X . - Ionuţ Cristi Nicu, Alin Mihu-Pintilie – Hydrogeomorphological risk analysis models in experimental river basins. Case study: Băiceni – Cucuteni Museun gully (Oii Valley watershed), Papers of the “Dimitrie Cantemir” Geographical Seminar, no. 34, p. 15-22, ISSN 1222-989X .
Foreign publisher - Ion Niculiță, Vasile Cotiugă, Aurel Zanoci, Andrei Asăndulesei, Mihail Băț, Gheorghe Romanescu, Felix-Adrian Tencariu, Ionuţ Cristi Nicu, Ștefan Caliniuc – Magnetometric prospections in the Thraco-Getae fortress from Saharna Mare, Rezina district, Republic of Moldova, BAR S2433: Interdisciplinary Research in Archaeology, Proceedings of the First Arheoinvest Congress, Archaeopress, Oxford, ISBN 9781407310329, 2012
Grant applications: -2 national – fail -1 international – success. FP 7 – Marie Curie Actions: FLUMEN – Fluvial processes and sediment dymanics of slope
channel systems: Impacts of socio economic-and climate change on river system
characteristics and related services – staff exchange. Partners:
Universita Degli Studi di Firenze (UNIFI) – Italy
Universita Degli Studi di Palermo (UNIPA) – Italy
Eberhard Karls Universitat Tuebingen (EKUT) – Germany
Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego (UKW) – Poland
Stockholms Universitet (SU) – Sweden
Institutul de Ecologie și Geografie (IEG) – Moldova
State Education and Scientific Institution Faculty of Geography of M.V. Lomonosov
Moscow State University (MSU) – Russia
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (TSNUK) – Ukraine
Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Professional Learning
Kazan Volga Region Federal University (KSU) – Russia
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (IFNUL) – Ukraine
Duration of the project: 48 months.
Participation in the archaeological and geographical expedition Kyzyl –
Kuragino (2012 and 2013)
2012
2013