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Ground penetrating radar survey in the Awwam Temple, Marib,
Yemen
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Case Studies in Archaeological Geophysics
The following case studies were selected from among
hundreds of surveys performed by Archaeo-Physics staff members.
Examples were selected to illustrate geophysical applications in
a variety of contexts and issues in methodology and interpretation.
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Featured case study:
Kansas Monument Site,
historic Native American earth lodges in Kansas. Results will be used to guide excavations during the 2008 Kansas Archaeological Training Program field school (resistance; magnetic)
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- TAS Field Program 2008 , Geophysical results from three Middle Ceramic period settlements in NW Texas. Results will be used to guide excavations during the 2008 TAS field program (magnetic, resistance, EM conductivity)
- San Buenaventura Mission, Spanish colonial mission and Victorian features beneath a modern parking lot in Ventura, California. Features animated imaging of 3D radar tomography (GPR)
- Sharps Creek Council Circle, earthworks and other features at a proto-historic site in Kansas (magnetic)
- Songbird Rings,
stone (tipi) ring and hearth features at a prehistoric site
on the High Plains (magnetic)
- The
Wyandotte County Cemetery, mapping unmarked
graves at an historic cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas (magnetic;
resistance)
- Silver Bluff, 18th
century trading post and fort, South Carolina (GPR;
magnetic; resistance)
- Aphrodisias,
Greek/Roman urban center, Turkey (resistance)
- San
Marcos Pueblo Historic Mission, New Mexico (magnetic;
resistance)
- Garden Coulee
19th century Hidatsa village, North Dakota (magnetic;
resistance)
- The
Huckins Site Prehistoric campsite, Wyoming (magnetic;
resistance)
- Location
of Human Burials (GPR; magnetic; resistance)
- Sample
Density and Resolution Illustrated two case studies
- Falling
Creek Ironworks Early 17th century industrial site, Chesterfield
County, Virginia (GPR; magnetic; resistance)
- Mission
San Antonio de Padua historic mission, California (GPR;
magnetic; resistance)
- Malodorous
Prehistoric campsite, Montana (magnetic)
- Magnetic
"Pollution" of Archaeological sites
(magnetic)
- Ellis
Cemetery historic Euro-American cemetery, North Carolina (GPR)
- Krasnyi-Yar
Copper Age Botai Culture settlement, Kazakhstan (magnetic;
resistance)
- 30-30
Winchester Prehistoric campsite, Wyoming (magnetic)
- Tell
Ahmar (Til Barsib) Syria (magnetic;
resistance)
- Fort
Phil Kearny Historic military site, Wyoming (magnetic)
- Hidatsa
Earth Lodges North Dakota (resistance)
- Odessa-Yates
Late Prehistoric village, Oklahoma (GPR;
magnetic; resistance)
- Kerkenes
Dag Iron Age site, Turkey (magnetic)
- Army City
Historic military site at Fort Riley, Kansas (resistance)
- Chaves-Hummingbird
Ruin Ancestral Pueblo site, New Mexico (magnetic;
resistance)
- Fort
Laramie Historic military site, Wyoming (resistance)
- Shields
Complex Ancestral Pueblo site, Crow Canyon Archaeological
Center, Colorado (resistance)
- Prehistoric
Houses at CA-ORA-116, California (magnetic;
resistance)
- Falling
Creek Ironworks Early 17th century industrial site, Chesterfield
County, Virginia (GPR; magnetic; resistance)
- Central
Park 19th century brewery, Grand Forks, North Dakota (resistance)
Related content:
Recent
Publications by Archaeo-Physics staff
See also:
The North
American Database of Archaological Geophysics (NADAG)
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March 25, 2008

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