Geophysical Survey (Investigation Type)

Investigations that rely on ground-based instrument sensing techniques to create images and/or maps for archaeological research (e.g. magnetometry, resistivity, or ground penetrating radar).

101-125 (629 Records)

Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus B: Feature 15 Well After Mechanical Excavation of Surrounding Subsoil (2012)
IMAGE Louis Berger.

Field photo of Locus B Feature 15, resuming hand excavation after mechanical removal of surrounding subsoil, view to west.


Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus B: Feature 3 West Profile (2012)
IMAGE Louis Berger.

Field photo of Locus B Feature 3 west profile after excavation of east half. Unidentified iron artifact in-situ at base of excavation.


Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus B: Redware Bowl In-Situ Feature 15 Well (2012)
IMAGE Louis Berger.

Field photo of redware bowl in-situ within Locus B well, Feature 15 Stratum A, Level 2, west half (Cat./Spec. No. 240.11), view to north.


Bird-Houston Site [7NC-F-138], Locus B: Unidentified Iron Object Recovered from Feature 3 (2012)
IMAGE Louis Berger.

Field photo of unidentified iron object recovered from Locus B Feature 3, Stratum A, Level 1 (Cat./Spec. No. 220.4) after excavation.


The Boot Hill Site (LA 32229): An Oasis in the Desert, Eddy County, New Mexico (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Kenneth Brown. Marie E. Brown. Benjamin G. Bury. Peter C. Condon. Richard Doucett. Charles D. Frederick. Martha Graham. Brittney Gregory. Willi Hermann. Richard G. Holloway. Melissa K. Logan. Shawn M. Patch. Linda Perry. M. Steven Schackley. Phillip Shelley. Adriana Romero. Barbara M. Winsborough.

This document reports on the investigations of TRC Environmental, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico, under contract with the Bureau of Land Management, Carlsbad Field Office. TRC carried out the required archaeological and geomorphologic investigations at LA 32229, Eddy County, New Mexico. Under the Bureau of Land Management’s Permian Basin Mitigation Program, TRC carried out Task Order 4 with the goal of providing a more comprehensive interpretative assessment of prehistoric use at LA 32229. Note,...


Borehole Resistivity Measurements at the Hopewell Site (2005)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Bruce Bevan

Measurements were made in two bored holes during the 1994 course on geophysical exploration that was coordinated by Steve De Vore (NPS).


Borehole Resistivity Tests at Spiro Mounds (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Bruce Bevan

Measurements were made with a simple probe during an NPS course that was coordinated by Steve De Vore (NPS).


Brookville Lake: An Archaeological Study in the Whitewater Drainage (1992)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Beth Kolbe.

An archaeological survey and data enhancement project at Brookville Lake was conducted to determine the nature, density, and distribution of archaeological resources located on the property. The project was carried out through a review of recorded sites, a reconnaissance survey of portions of the shoreline and limited testing of Glidewell Mound.


Brookville Reservoir Survey 1991-1992
PROJECT US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District. US Army Corps of Engineers Mandatory Center of Expertise for the Curation and Management of Archaeological Collections, St. Louis District.

An archaeological investigation of Brookville Reservoir was led by Beth Kolbe of Applied Archaeology Laboratories, Ball State University during 1991 and 1992. Brookville Reservoir spans Franklin and Union counties and is located along the east fork of the Whitewater River in the Whitewater drainage. Archaeological investigation of the Brookville Reservoir were performed to evaluate the nature and significance of sites in the area, determine how sites were being impacted by shoreline erosion,...


Building Material Artifact Photographs, Brookville Reservoir Survey 1991-1992 (2012)
IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

Photograph of a building material artifact collected during the archaeological reconnaissance of the proposed Brookville Reservoir area in Franklin and Union Counties, Indiana.


Burial Excavations in Plaza 1 of Los Pilarillos, Zacatecas, Mexico, 1997 Season (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Ben Nelson. John Millhauser. Denise To.

Fieldwork from the 1997 season at Los Pilarillos.


The Burnitt Site: A Late Caddoan Occupation in the Uplands of the Sabine River Basin in Louisiana (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Bryan S. Haley. Donald G. Hunter. Katherine M. Roberts. Susan L. Scott.

This report presents the results of archaeological data recovery excavations conducted by Coastal Environments, Inc., at the Burnitt site (16SA204) located in the uplands of northern Sabine Parish, Louisiana. The work was conducted under contract to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development as mitigation for the adverse impact of widening U.S. Highway 171. Test excavations conducted by Gulf Engineers and Consultants in 1994 determined that the site was eligible for the National...


Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Resources
PROJECT Uploaded by: Rachel Fernandez

Project metadata for resources within the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station cultural heritage resources collection.


Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Master Plan (1965)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Department of the Air Force.

Master plan for Cape Kennedy Air Force Station. This plan modifies the 1964 plan to reflect changes in scope and magnitude of guided missile, satellite, and space vehicle programs operated from the Eastern Test Range.


Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Master Plan Annual Revision (1969)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Department of the Air Force.

This submission contains all tabs of the Station Master Plan requiring revisions and reflects existing and planned facilities and utilities as of April 1969.


Captain Tom Dam Data Recovery, Navajo Nation, San Juan County, New Mexico
PROJECT USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office.

At the request of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the Bureau of Reclamation–Phoenix Area Office (Reclamation) designed and constructed a new dam downstream of the existing Captain Tom Dam located near Newcomb, on the Navajo Nation, San Juan County, New Mexico. Data recovery was conducted by Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd., at three sites to mitigate the impacts of this undertaking, and to recover and protect a Navajo burial.


Ceramic Artifact Photographs, Brookville Reservoir Survey 1991-1992 (2012)
IMAGE Veterans Curation Program.

Photographs of ceramic artifacts collected during the archaeological reconnaissance of the proposed Brookville Reservoir area in Franklin and Union Counties, Indiana.


Champagne Spring (Greenlee) Ruins
PROJECT David Dove.

Excavation, Mapping and Survey at the Champagne Spring (Greenlee) Ruins 5DL2333


Characteristics of an historic grave or cemetery (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Bruce Bevan

Aspects that allow graves or cemeteries to be detected or identified with geophysical surveys; with Steve De Vore (NPS)


A Class III Transect Recording Unit Survey and Geophysical Prospection at the Burro Tanks Site (LA 32227), Chaves County, New Mexico (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Matthew Bandy.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Roswell Field Office retained SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) to perform intensive surface documentation of the Burro Tanks site (LA 32227) in Chaves County, New Mexico. This project was funded through the Permian Basin Mitigation Program. It is intended as a study of this site for use in future planning action and is not associated with a particular undertaking. The project area consists of a single block survey of 476 acres in southwestern Chaves...


Collections Management Internship at the Michigan Office of the State Archaeologist and Its Application for the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Amanda Brooks.

Details internship at the Michigan Office of the State Archaeologist and the application of this experience to the reorganization by raw material, function, then provenience of the collections obtained under the auspices of the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project at Western Michigan University.


Comp T25-T421 (north to right).tif (2017)
IMAGE Michael Strezewski.

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Comparing resistivity and IP for archaeological application (2010)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Bruce Bevan

Comparison at two sites.


A Comparison of Magnetic Gradiometers (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Bruce Bevan

Testing the noisiness and magnetic moment of four different magnetometers. Survey with Tatiana Smekalova (St. Petersburg State University).


Conductivity (EM) Survey: A Survival Manual (2000)
DOCUMENT Full-Text R. Berle Clay. Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc..

This report/manual focuses on the techniques and uses of the Conductivity survey, also known as the electromagnetic survey (EM) and how it measures the ability of the soil to conduct an electric current. The value, measured in siemens, is the reciprocal of resistivity (to convert to resistivity in ohm meters, divide the conductivity, in millisiemens per meter, into one thousand (Bevan 1983:51)). This said, there is considerable difference in the way earth conductivity and earth resistivity are...