Ground-Penetrating Radar and Magnetometry for Buried Landscape Analysis

ISBN-13: 9783319708898 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 109 str.

Lawrence B. Conyers

Opis

This book presents the integrated use of magnetometry and ground-penetrating radar geophysical mapping to understand the human presence within buried archaeological landscapes.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Geophysics for landscape analysis

1.3 Multiple method integration

1.4 The focus of this book: a modification from other approaches to integrate methods 

1.5 Some initial thoughts on analysis of geophysical data

1.6 Example of the method used to analyze both GPR and magnetics

Chapter 2 Ground-penetrating Radar

2.1 Introduction to ground-penetrating radar

2.2 The GPR method

Chapter 3 Magnetometry

3.1 Basics of Magnetometry

3.2 Magnetometer systems typically employed

3.3 Variables that affect magnetic readings

3.4 Data processing, modeling and displays

Chapter 4 Small Roman Site in Croatia

Chapter 5 Roman Temple in England

Chapter 6 Early Colonial Site in Connecticut

Chapter 7 Medieval site in Ireland

Chapter 8 Hunter-gatherer Site in Colorado

Chapter 9 Conclusions

References

O autorze

Lawrence B. Conyers is currently Professor and Department Chair at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Denver, USA. He holds an M.S. degree in Geology (1975) from Arizona State University and an M.A. and PhD degrees in Anthropology (1993, 1995) from the University of Colorado, Boulder. His main research interests are ground-penetrating radar for (geo)archaeology and digital archaeological mapping. He has authored or coauthored 4 books on ground-penetrating radar, 16 refereed journal articles, many  conference proceedings and other articles, and contributed to 6 edited books.