Interpreting Ground-penetrating Radar for Archaeology

Interpreting Ground-penetrating Radar for Archaeology
Author: Lawrence B Conyers
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2016-06-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1315426323

Using 20 years of data from more than 600 ground-penetrating radar surveys, Lawrence Conyers provides the consumer of GPR studies with basic information on how to read and interpret GPR data for identifying subsurface remains and do cultural analysis.

Ground-Penetrating Radar for Archaeology

Ground-Penetrating Radar for Archaeology
Author: Lawrence B. Conyers
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2013-06-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0759123500

A concise and easy-to-read summary of all the latest and crucial aspects of ground-penetrating radar uses and data collection, analysis, and processing for archaeological mapping and exploration

Ground-penetrating Radar for Archaeology

Ground-penetrating Radar for Archaeology
Author: Lawrence B. Conyers
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2004
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780759107731

Conyers succinctly and clearly lays out for archaeological practitioners the theory behind, and applications of, ground-penetrating radar as a non-invasive method of subsurface prospection. Describing the technology, the equipment, the analysis and interpretation necessary to produce usable results and full of examples from GPR projects throughout the world, this book also details advances in computer simulation, statistical modeling, virtual reality techniques, and data integration in recent years. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Ground-penetrating Radar

Ground-penetrating Radar
Author: Lawrence B. Conyers
Publisher: Altamira Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1997
Genre: Science
ISBN:

Traditional archaeological excavation methods are sometimes daunting due to political or financial complications. Other times, an improperly planned dig can destroy or entirely overlook the features or artifacts being sought. In either case, Ground-Penetrating Radar, or GPR, is an increasingly applicable technology, but one that few archaeologists truly understand. That is where this book excels. It is tailored towards an archaeological community which is for the most part apprehensive about using "high tech" instruments and feel more comfortable on their hands and knees digging in the dirt. Its abundant illustrations and easy-to-understand tables help to keep this potentially daunting subject matter accessible. It also contains more complex equations and theory so that the more technically-oriented can use it as a reference tool.

Interpreting Ground-penetrating Radar for Archaeology

Interpreting Ground-penetrating Radar for Archaeology
Author: Lawrence B Conyers
Publisher: Left Coast Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2012-11-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1611322162

Using 20 years of data from more than 600 ground-penetrating radar surveys, Lawrence Conyers provides the consumer of GPR studies with basic information on how to read and interpret GPR data for identifying subsurface remains and do cultural analysis.

GPR Remote Sensing in Archaeology

GPR Remote Sensing in Archaeology
Author: Dean Goodman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2013-03-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642318576

GPR Remote Sensing in Archaeology provides a complete description of the processes needed to take raw GPR data all the way to the construction of subsurface images. The book provides an introduction to the “theory” of GPR by using a simulator that shows how radar profiles across simple model structures look and provides many examples so that the complexity of radar signatures can be understood. It continues with a review of the necessary radargram signal processes needed along with examples. The most comprehensive methodology to construct subsurface images from either coarsely spaced data using interpolation or from dense data from multi-channel equipment and 3D volume generation is presented, advanced imaging solutions such as overlay analysis are introduced, and numerous worldwide site case histories are shown. The authors present their studies in a way that most technical and non-technical users of the equipment will find essentials for implementing in their own subsurface investigations.

Ground-penetrating Radar and Magnetometry for Buried Landscape Analysis

Ground-penetrating Radar and Magnetometry for Buried Landscape Analysis
Author: Lawrence B. Conyers
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2017-11-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319708902

This book presents the integrated use of magnetometry and ground-penetrating radar geophysical mapping to understand the human presence within buried archaeological landscapes. Ground-penetrating radar can be used to identify buried living surfaces, geological stratigraphy and the architectural remains of sites in three-dimensions. Magnetometry can produce images denoting differences on the composition of those materials, both anthropogenic and natural, but with more limited three-dimensional resolution. The integration of the two has a unique ability to resolve and interpret these buried materials, differentiated between the human-caused and natural layers, and place all buried features within historic landscapes. The final product of geophysical integration, along with some limited subsurface testing, produces a holistic analysis of human adaptations to, and modifications of, the ancient landscape. Examples are shown from sites in Roman Croatia and Britain, Medieval Ireland, Colonial Connecticut, and an Archaic site in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. These examples from very different environments, time periods and cultural groups illustrate how the integrated geophysical methodology can interpret, on a scale approaching many hectares, the ancient landscapes within which people lived.

Seeing the Unseen. Geophysics and Landscape Archaeology

Seeing the Unseen. Geophysics and Landscape Archaeology
Author: Stefano Campana
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 020388955X

SEEING THE UNSEEN. GEOPHYSICS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHAEOLOGY is a collection of papers presented at the advanced XV International Summer School in ArchaeologyGeophysics for Landscape Archaeology (Grosseto, Italy, 10-18 July 2006). Bringing together the experience of some of the worlds greatest experts in the field of archaeological prospection, the

Remote Sensing in Archaeology

Remote Sensing in Archaeology
Author: James R. Wiseman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 550
Release: 2007-04-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 038744453X

Archaeology has been transformed by technology that allows one to ‘see’ below the surface of the earth. This work illustrates the uses of advanced technology in archaeological investigation. It deals with hand-held instruments that probe the subsurface of the earth to unveil layering and associated sites; underwater exploration and photography of submerged sites and artifacts; and the utilization of imaging from aircraft and spacecraft to reveal the regional setting of archaeological sites and to assist in cultural resource management.

Archaeogeophysics

Archaeogeophysics
Author: Gad El-Qady
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2018-07-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319788612

This book describes the application of non-destructive geophysical methods in subsurface archaeological features. Such non-destructive methods are magnetometry, electrical resistance, electromagnetic conductivity, magnetic susceptibility and ground penetrating radar. This book also includes the last improvements in instrumentation, data processing, and interpretations of the collected data sets leading to the rapid progress in geophysical applications in the field of archaeological investigations. The book also provides complete case-studies and archaeological interpretation obtained our results carried out in different localities around the world.