Abstract:
In this paper we describe the results of magnetic and geoelectric prospecting at a site in the archaeological district of Selinunte (Trapani, Italy), where traces of precolonial habitation are believed to exist inside a calcarenitic block underlying a cover of silty sediments. The maps of the total magnetic field intensity did not evidence any significant anomaly. The vertical electric soundings showed that the calcarenitic slab rapidly looses solidity from S to N. Finally, the geoelectric pseudosections outlined the fragmentary character of the calcarenitic block. From these results it seems reasonable to state that in the selected site the archaeological hypothesis is not supported by the magnetic and geoelectric evidence.