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This paper addresses the integrated application of three geophysical survey methods over an important archaeological site located in south Italy. In particular, it is focused on the results achieved from a past geophysical survey and the ongoing excavations performed by archaeologists in the site of Muro Leccese. Muro Leccese (Lecce) is one of the most important Messapian archaeological sites in southern Italy. The archaeological interest of the site was generated since the discovery of the remains of Messapian walls (late 4th\u20133rd centuries BC). With the aim of widening the archaeological knowledge of the Messapian settlement, several integrated methods, including magnetometry, ground-penetrating radar, and electrical resistivity tomography were used on site to fulfill a number of different research objectives. Since the most important targets were expected to be located at shallow soil depth, a three-dimensional (3D) ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey was carried out in two zones, which were labeled respectively as zone 1 and zone 2, and were both quite close to the archaeological excavations. The GPR investigations were integrated with a 3D electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) survey in zone 1 and with a magnetometric, in gradiometry configuration survey in zone 2. The integration of several techniques allowed mapping the structural remains of this area and leading the excavation project. The geophysical results show a good correspondence with the archaeological features that were found after the excavation. Current work on the geophysical survey data using different codes for the processing of the data and merging different datasets using a Geographic Information System allowed achieving a user-friendly visualization that was presented to the archaeologists.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs11121478","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,21]],"date-time":"2019-06-21T11:54:31Z","timestamp":1561118071000},"page":"1478","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["The Messapic Site of Muro Leccese: New Results from Integrated Geophysical and Archaeological Surveys"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Catia","family":"Bianco","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cultural Heritage\u2014University of Salento, via Birago, 73100 Lecce, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lara","family":"De Giorgi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Archaeogical and Monumental Heritage\u2014National Research Council, Prov.le Lecce-Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria T.","family":"Giannotta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Archaeogical and Monumental Heritage\u2014National Research Council, Prov.le Lecce-Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9556-8058","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Giovanni","family":"Leucci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Archaeogical and Monumental Heritage\u2014National Research Council, Prov.le Lecce-Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"Meo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cultural Heritage\u2014University of Salento, via Birago, 73100 Lecce, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Raffaele","family":"Persico","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Archaeogical and Monumental Heritage\u2014National Research Council, Prov.le Lecce-Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy"},{"name":"International Telematic University Uninettuno, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 39, 00100 Roma, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"125","DOI":"10.2478\/s11600-014-0243-4","article-title":"Study of Shallow Low-Enthalpy Geothermal Resources Using Integrated Geophysical Methods","volume":"63","author":"Leucci","year":"2015","journal-title":"Acta Geophys."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"178","DOI":"10.1071\/EG09029","article-title":"Microgravimetric and ground penetrating radar geophysical methods to map the shallow karstic cavities network in a coastal area (Marina di Capilungo, Lecce\u2014Italy)","volume":"41","author":"Leucci","year":"2010","journal-title":"Explor. 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