This volume groups together papers presented at a Commission 4 session at the XVI UISPP World Congress in FlorianOpolis, Brazil (4-10 September 2011), a UISPP commission 4 session in Leiden, The Netherlands (2nd November 2012) and at a session entitled Advanced Prospection Methods for Cultural Heritage Management - Experiences and Challenges during the EAA Annual Meeting in Helsinki, Finland (29th August - 1st September 2012).