COMBINING INTENSIVE FIELD SURVEY AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES: NEW DATA ON THE GARAMANTIAN CASTLES OF WADI AWISS, ACACUS MTS., LIBYAN SAHARA

In recent years, Garamantian archaeology has received renewed attention from historians and archaeologists, particularly in the south-western corner of Libya in the central Sahara. This paper focuses on the potential of intensive field surveys and digital technologies as applied to a particular segment of the Garamantian state: the 'castles' of Wadi Awiss and their associated contexts - necropoleis and site remains. The combination of a field survey, selected settlement soundings and territorial funerary data provided additional information on the chronological and functional organization of the Garamantian system.