Kecheva, Nadezhda : Archaeological Map of Bulgaria. Non-Destructive Methods for Archaeological Fieldwork Activities and the Application of Geographic Information Systems

Nadezhda Kecheva, 
Archaeological Map of Bulgaria. 
Non-Destructive Methods for Archaeological Fieldwork Activities and the Application of Geographic Information Systems
(Dissertationes, volume 18) / 
Археологическа карта на България. 
Недеструктивни методи за теренни археологически проучвания и приложение на географски информационни системи
(Дисертации, Том 18)

Sofia 2024


ISBN 978-619-245-482-1


436 S./pp., S/W-Abb./b/w-figs., Tafeln/plates, 28,5 x 20 cm; kartoniert/hardcover


bulgarisch mit ausführlicher Zusammenfassung in englisch
bulgarian with extended summary in english

This monograph is the publication of the dissertation defended in May 2018 at the Department of Classical Archaeology at the National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (NAIM–BAS). During the period 2018–2024 the study was partially updated.


The research covers the following topics: 
1) archaeological survey: development of theory and methods; 
2) application of remote sensing and geophysical surveys as well as geographic information systems in archaeology; 
3) development of the "Archaeological Map of Bulgaria" and surveys in Bulgaria; conceptual schemes and reference models at European and global scale; 
4) creation, characteristics and future development of the Geographic Information System "Archaeological Map of Bulgaria". 
An appendix presents an English-Bulgarian glossary of terms used in the text, together with their definitions.