Remote Sensing in Archaeology

by Johnson, Jay K.

• ISBN13: 9780817353438
• ISBN10: 0817353437
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-19
• Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr
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Summary

In this volume, eleven archaeologists reveal how the broad application of remote sensing, and especially geophysical techniques, is altering the usual conduct of dirt archaeology. Using case studies that both succeeded and failed, they offer a comprehensive guide to remote sensing techniques on archaeological sites throughout North America. Because this new technology is advancing on a daily basis, the book is accompanied by a CD intended for periodic update that provides additional data and illustrations. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	1	(16)
Jay K. Johnson
The Current and Potential Role of Archaeogeophysics in Cultural Resource Management in the United States	17	(16)
J. J. Lockhart
Thomas J. Green
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Remote Sensing Application in Cultural Resource Management Archaeology	33	(14)
Jay K. Johnson
Bryan S. Haley
Airborne Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis	47	(32)
Marco Giardino
Bryan S. Haley
Conductivity Survey: A Survival Manual	79	(30)
R. Berle Clay
Resistivity Survey	109	(22)
Lewis Somers
Ground-Penetrating Radar	131	(30)
Lawrence B. Conyers
Magnetic Susceptibility	161	(44)
Rinita A. Dalan
Magnetometry: Nature's Gift to Archaeology	205	(30)
Kenneth L. Kvamme
Data Processing and Presentation	235	(16)
Kenneth L. Kvamme
Multiple Methods Surveys: Case Studies	251	(18)
Kenneth L. Kvamme
Jay K. Johnson
Bryan S. Haley
Ground Truthing the Results of Geophysical Surveys	269	(36)
Michael L. Hargrave
A Comparative Guide to Applications	305	(16)
Jay K. Johnson
List of Contributors	321