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).
626-650 (672 Records)
A key question in economic history is the degree to which preindustrial economies could generate sustained increases in per capita productivity. Previous studies suggest that, in many preindustrial contexts, growth was primarily a consequence of agglomeration. Here, we examine evidence for three different socioeconomic rates that are available from the archaeological record for Roman Britain. We find that all three measures show increasing returns to scale with settlement population, with a...
Summer Camps (2010)
Photographs from the 2004, 2006, 2009, and 2010 Summer Camps at the site of Fort St. Joseph. Each field season, three summer camps are held: a camp for young adults, a camp for adults, and a camp for teachers. These camps provide the members of Niles and surrounding communities with the opportunity to engage in active excavations. Summer campers receive hands-on training in archaeological field techniques, as well as a more in-depth knowledge of the historical context of the fort. For the first...
Sunset Crater Archaeology: The History of a Volcanic Landscape, Environmental Analyses (2007)
During the U.S. 89 project, 41 prehistoric sites located approximately 30 km (48 miles) north of Flagstaff, Arizona, were investigated. All sites were on Coconino National Forest (CNF) land, specifically the Peaks Ranger District. The project was conducted by Desert Archaeology, Inc., personnel for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) prior to widening and improvement of 26.7 km (16.6 miles) of U.S. 89, between the southern boundary of Wupatki National Monument in the north, and the...
Sustaining Irrigation Agriculture for the Long-Term: Lessons on Maintaining Soil Quality from Ancient Agricultural Fields in the Phoenix Basin and on the North Coast of Peru (2013)
Irrigation agriculture has been heralded as the solution to feeding the world’s growing population. To this end, irrigation agriculture is both extensifying and intensifying in arid regions across the world in an effort to create highly productive agricultural systems. Over one third of modern irrigated fields, however, show signs of serious soil degradation, including salinization and waterlogging, which threaten the productivity of these fields and the world’s food supply. Surprisingly, little...
A Switch Box for Wenner Resistivity Measurements (2000)
Switches allow tripotential resistivity (alpha, beta, gamma) and also offset Wenner readings. Construction details.
T335 2009 mag 2 (north to right).tif (2017)
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Technical Report (2012)
Technical report from 2012 season
Technical report (2014)
Technical report of 2013 field season
Technical report (2015)
Technical report of 2014 field season
Technical report (2016)
Technical report of 2015-2016 laboratory analyses
Technical report (2020)
Technical report of 2019 season of Proyecto Arqueologico Tlajinga Teotihuacan (PATT) in Spanish
Teotihuacan Valley Project
The Teotihuacan Valley Project was designed to map pre-Hispanic and Colonial period occupations of the Teotihuacan Valley, the northeastern arm of the Basin of Mexico. Initiated in the 1960s by William T. Sanders, the project eventually produced five volumes of reports and many ancillary works, covering the ecology of the valley and the settlement patterns of its successive time periods.
A test of a magnetic gradiometer at Summerfield (2006)
Maryland history
A Test of Ground-Penetrating Radar at Area G (1995)
Search for possible unmarked graves in a real estate development for James P. Mullen (Hills Development Co.).
A Test of Ground-Penetrating Radar at Fort Shantok (1984)
A survey for Kevin McBride (Univ of Connecticut).
A Test of Ground-Penetrating Radar at Hopeton (2003)
This initial test of radar at Hopeton Mounds gave good results, so surveys continued later. This survey for Mark Lynott (NPS),
A TEST OF GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR AT MERCY COLLEGE (1987)
The radar results looked excellent at the site of the Weckquaeskeck Village. Survey for Gary Zern (Cultural Resource Surveys),
A test of ground-penetrating radar at the capitol in Williamsburg (2009)
A radar and resistivity survey at Williamsburg for Andrew Edwards (Colonial Williamsburg).
A Test of Seismic Refraction at Fort Scott (1997)
Simple stratification found by a test during an NPS course. Survey for Steve De Vore (NPS).
Text Excavation of Several Geophysical Anomalies, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site (14SH113), Shawnee County, Kansas (2002)
Archeological investigations were conducted at Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site to examine selected geophysical anomalies, i.e., variations from normal background readings, noted during a previous geophysical survey. Excavations revealed a portion of the first Monroe School basement floor, located north of the current Monroe School. The first Monroe School was in existence from 1874 until 1927, when it was replaced by the current school. Artifacts from the late nineteenth...
A Thunder of Cannon: Archeology of the Mexican-American War Battlefield of Palo Alto (1994)
Palo Alto battlefield is the site of the first major engagement between the forces of Mexico and United States during the Mexican-American War. The May 8, 1 846 battle was the first between the United States and a foreign power since the War of 1812. ln addition, it was the first major test of graduates of the United States Military Academy against a foreign army. Of all Mexican-American War battlefields on United States soil (Texas, California, and Mexico), Palo Alto is the only one that has...
Times of Transition: Excavations at the Pima Animal Care Center, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (2018)
Excavations at the Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) revealed a unique portion of the prehistoric Hohokam landscape. Uncovered were the vestiges of a settlement that was occupied for two short periods at the beginning and the end of the Hohokam pre-Classic. Both periods of occupation occurred during times of transition in the prehistoric Tucson Basin. The Tortolita phase occupation corresponds with the founding of villages and the transition to Hohokam lifeways throughout southern and central...
Tlajinga, Teotihuacan, Mexico
Investigations of the Proyecto Arqueológico Tlajinga Teotihuacan (PATT) focus on the Tlajinga district, a cluster of neighborhoods in the southern part of Teotihuacan, Mexico. The area was inhabited by a lower socioeconomic stratum, was the locus of intensive utilitarian craft production, and is bisected by the city’s central artery—named the Street of the Dead by the later Aztecs, who viewed Teotihuacan as a mythical place of origins and an archetypal city. Research goals of the PATT scale from...
Topographic Mapping of the Burns Mound Archaeological Site (8BR85), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida (2018)
This report presents the methodology and documentation ins support of a project to acquire the data to produce a topographic map of the Burns Mound (8BR85) site.
Topographical Mapping, Geophysical Studies and Archaeological Testing of an Early Pueblo II Village Near Dove Creek, Colorado (2006)
Assessment of the Champagne Spring Ruins Community Center