CIPA 2003 XIX th International Symposium, 30 September - 04 October, 2003, Antalya, Turkey 
400 
Dan, J., 1988. The soils of the land of Israel, In: The 
zoogeography of Israel, Y. Yom-Tov & E. Tchernov (Eds.), W. 
Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 95-128. 
Eppelbaum, L.V., 2000. Applicability of geophysical methods 
for localization of archaeological targets: An introduction. 
Geoinformatics, 11(1), pp. 19-28. 
Eppelbaum, L.V., 2003. Introduction to potential geophysical 
fields. Handmanual for students, Tel Aviv University. 
Eppelbaum, L.V., Itkis, S.E. and Petrov, A.V., 2000a. Physics 
and archaeology: magnetic field as a reliable tool for searching 
ancient remains in Israel. Scientific Israel, No.2, pp. 68-78. 
Eppelbaum, L.V., Itkis, S.E. and Khesin, B.E., 2000b. 
Optimization of magnetic investigations in the archaeological 
sites in Israel. Spec. Issue of Prospezioni Archeologiche, 
“Filtering, Modelling and Interpretation of Geophysical Fields 
at Archaeological Objects'”, pp. 65-92. 
Eppelbaum, L.V. and Khesin, B.E., 2001. Disturbing Factors in 
Geophysical Investigations at Archaeological Sites and Ways of 
Their Elimination. Trans, of the IV Conf on Archaeological 
Prospection a Vienna, Austria, 99-101. 
Eppelbaum, L.V., Khesin, B.E. and Itkis, S.E., 2001. Prompt 
magnetic investigations of archaeological remains in areas of 
infrastructure development: Israeli experience. Archaeological 
Prospection, 8(3), 163-185. 
Eppelbaum, L., Ben-Avraham, Z. and Itkis, S., 2003a. Ancient 
Roman Remains in Israel provide a challenge for physical- 
archaeological modelling techniques. First Break, 21 (2), pp. 
51-61. 
Eppelbaum, L., Eppelbaum V. and Ben-Avraham, Z., 2003b. 
Formalization and estimation of integrated geological 
investigations: Informational Approach. Geoinformatics, 14, 
No.3, pp. 233-249. 
Herwanger, J., Maurer, H., Green, A.G., and J. Leckebusch, 
2000. 3-D inversions of magnetic gradiometer data in 
archaeological prospecting: possibilities and limitations. 
Geophysics, 65, No. 3, pp. 849-860. 
Khesin, B., Alexeyev, V. and Eppelbaum, L., 1996. 
Interpretation of Geophysical Fields in Complicated 
Environments. Kluwer Acad. Publisher, Ser.: Modern Geoph. 
Approaches, Dordrecht - London - Boston. 
Meyer, E.M. (Ed.), 1996. The Oxford Encyclopedia of 
Archaeology in the Near East. 5 vols., Oxford University Press, 
Oxford. 
Rabikovitz, S. 1992. The Soils of Israel: Formation, Nature, 
and Properties. Hakibbuts Hamehuchad Publishing House, 
Israel (in Hebrew), with 1:250,000 soil map of Israel (in 
Hebrew and English). 
Reford, M.S. and Sumner, I.S., 1964. Aeromagnetics. 
Geophysics, 29, No. 4, pp. 482-516. 
Reich, R., 1992. Architecture of ancient Israel. Israel 
Exploration Society, Jerusalem. 
Telford, W.M., Geldart, L.R. and Sheriff, R.E., 1998. Applied 
Geophysics. 5th ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 
von Frese, R.R.B. and Noble, V.E., 1984. Magnetometry for 
archaeological exploration of historical sites. Historical 
Archaeology, 18 (2), pp. 38-53. 
Weymouth, J.W., 1996. Digs without digging: exploring 
archaeological sites with geophysical techniques. Geotimes, 
Nov., pp. 16-19. 
Figure 11. Photography of area B with projection of the 
proposed anomaly source to the earth’s surface 
Acknowledgements 
The authors are grateful to Dr. K.-H. Fleckenstein and Mrs. L. 
Fleckenstein - working archaeological group at Emmaus- 
Nicopolis site - for very useful communications.