Geophysical reports (Geosight)
Reports and other public writings by Bruce W. Bevan (Geosight) on the topic of geophysical exploration and geophysical survey for archaeology.
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Chaco Canyon •
La Ciudad •
Carns site •
Etzatlan •
Fort de Chartres •
Rolley site •
Willow Creek locality
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Heritage Management
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US Civil War •
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Classical Greece •
World War 2
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Radar and Resistivity Surveys at Hopeton Mounds (2003)
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Radar, resistivity, and magnetic surveys for Mark Lynott (NPS).
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Resistivity Pseudosections for Archaeology (2003)
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This type of survey provides good information on soil stratigraphy and it is particularly suitable where radar finds high attenuation.
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A Test of Ground-Penetrating Radar at Hopeton (2003)
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This initial test of radar at Hopeton Mounds gave good results, so surveys continued later. This survey for Mark Lynott (NPS),
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What is a Geophysical Interpretation? (2003)
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Illustrations of different findings.
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Borehole Resistivity Tests at Spiro Mounds (2004)
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Measurements were made with a simple probe during an NPS course that was coordinated by Steve De Vore (NPS).
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Characteristics of an historic grave or cemetery (2004)
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Aspects that allow graves or cemeteries to be detected or identified with geophysical surveys; with Steve De Vore (NPS)
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Conductivity and Resistivity Surveys at View Mount (2004)
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Conductivity and resistivity surveys appeared to give better results than the radar at this historic site. Survey for Donald Tharpe.
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Geophysical Exploration of Gardens (2004)
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Illustrates the applications that are possible; written with Rinita A. Dalan (Minnesota State University).
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A Geophysical Survey of College Yard (2004)
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The conductivity survey at the College of William and Mary was strongly-affected by buried pipes, but that survey and the radar detected unusual features there. Survey for College of William and Mary,
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A Geophysical Test at the Crater, Petersburg Battlefield (2004)
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Radar and conductivity surveys define features inside and near the Crater at the Petersburg Battlefield. Survey for Dave Shockley (NPS).
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A Ground-Penetrating Radar Survey at the Riverview Road Property (2004)
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A search for historical graves at this site with ground-penetrating radar. Survey for Leo Bruso (Land and Commercial).
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Magnetic maps of three Danish slag blocks (2004)
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Detailed magnetic maps over three excavated blocks of iron-containing slag. Survey with Tatiana Smekalova and Sergei Smekalov for Olfert Voss (Nationalmuseet).
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Magnetization directions of the Wyoming hearths (2004)
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Analysis of magnetic maps for the direction of magnetization of hearths; for David Maki.
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A Radar Search for Graves on At Last Farm (2004)
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Survey for Ben Resnick (GAI Consultants).
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A Radar Survey at Mount Pleasant (2004)
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Four surveys with radar and resistivity locate former buildings and perhaps unmarked graves. Survey for Nicholas Luccketti (James River Institute for Archaeology).
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A Radar Survey of Clover Field Cemetery (2004)
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Radar and resistivity surveys locate most of the known graves and detect some likely unmarked graves. Survey for William Hemsley (Washington, DC).
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Resistivity, conductivity, and magnetic profiles at Hopeton Mounds (2004)
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Conductivity, magnetic, and resistivity surveys for Mark Lynott (NPS).
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Analysis of Linear Magnetic Anomalies (2005)
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A two-dimensional analysis is easier to do and allows greater control on the shapes of features than does a three-dimensional analysis.
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Borehole Resistivity Measurements at the Hopewell Site (2005)
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Measurements were made in two bored holes during the 1994 course on geophysical exploration that was coordinated by Steve De Vore (NPS).
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Conductivity and Magnetic Surveys in Trench 8 at Hopeton (2005)
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correlation between the surveys
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Geophysical equipment for surveys in excavations (2005)
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Drawings and photographs of high-resolution equipment that can be applied to the geophysical mapping of excavated surfaces.
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A geophysical survey at the site of Fort Duquesne (2005)
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Radar and conductivity surveys find recent structures buried near the fort. Survey for Brooke Blades (A. D. Marble),
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A Geophysical Survey of the Tunnel to the Crater (2005)
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A radar appears to have detected voids above the tunnel where it has collapsed. Survey for Jerry Helton (NPS),
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Geophysics in Excavations (2005)
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Explains the benefits of these surveys and describes the procedures. Geosight Technical Report #11
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photos of the 2004 geophysical work (2005)
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Survey at Hopeton mounds for Mark Lynott (NPS),
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removal of magnetic striations (2005)
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Illustration of filtering plow lines from Hopeton Mounds data for John Weymouth.
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What is a geophysical survey? (2005)
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Basic introduction to geophysical exploration
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Borehole Resistivity Measurements at the Hopewell Site (2006)
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specialized tests
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Geophysical maps of excavation profiles (2006)
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Magnetic and conductivity measurements
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A Geophysical Test in the Vicinity of Camp Letterman (2006)
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Radar, magnetic, conductivity, and resistivity search for remains of a Civil War hospital site. Survey for Pennsylvania Hist and Museum Commission.
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Geophysical Tests at Hopewell and Hopeton (2006)
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Magnetic, conductivity, and resistivity at both Hopewell and Hopeton. Survey for Mark Lynott (NPS).
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A test of a magnetic gradiometer at Summerfield (2006)
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Maryland history
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Conductivity or Susceptibility? (2007)
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Which is better? Comparisons at several sites.
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Geophysical Data Processing, an Introduction (2007)
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Using the Surfer program for enhancing magnetic, conductivity, and similar maps.
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A ground-penetrating radar survey at LaGrange (2007)
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Search for unmarked graves for Joe Jones (College of William and Mary)
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Magnetic and conductivity surveys at Drewry's Bluff (2007)
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Magnetic and conductivity surveys at the Richmond Civil War battlefield. Survey for David Dutton (Dutton Associates).
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Radar and Conductivity Surveys at City Point (2007)
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Radar and conductivity surveys in the southwestern part of City Point; survey for Brooke Blades (AD Marble), Julia Steele (NPS).
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A radar survey at the site of Fort Pitt (2007)
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Ongoing construction complicated this radar survey for Brooke Blades (A.D. Marble & Co.).
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A radar survey between Fort Morton and Battery 13 (2007)
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A radar survey on the Petersburg Civil War battlefield for Julia Steele (NPS).
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Resistivity Tests at the West Prosser Cemetery (2007)
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The low resistivity that was found may explain the poor results of radar surveys during the NPS course. Survey for Steve De Vore (NPS).
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Summary of Geophysical Findings at Hopeton Mounds (2007)
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Review of several years work at this Hopewell site.
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Analysis of depth using resistivity maps (2008)
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Some estimates may be made.
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A Geophysical Survey at Rural Plains (2008)
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Radar and conductivity surveys find debris, but probably not the fortification trench that was sought. Survey for Dave Dutton (Dutton Associates).
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Geophysical Tests in Biesterfeldt Boreholes (2008)
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Conductivity mapping, along with magnetic and resistivity profiles in bored holes, provided demonstrations at an NPS course. Survey for Rinita Dalan (Minn. State U), Steve De Vore (NPS)
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Elements of mapping (2009)
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How to set up geophysical grids
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A Geophysical Evaluation of Avaldsnes (2009)
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A magnetic survey in Norway for Dagfinn Skre (Univ. of Norway).
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Geophysical tests in the Jamestown fort (2009)
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Survey fails to reveal the depth of the well. Survey for Bill Kelso (Jamestown Rediscovery),
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A test of ground-penetrating radar at the capitol in Williamsburg (2009)
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A radar and resistivity survey at Williamsburg for Andrew Edwards (Colonial Williamsburg).
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Comparing resistivity and IP for archaeological application (2010)
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Comparison at two sites.
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Directions of Magnetization (2010)
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The additional information that direction supplies.
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A geophysical analysis of a small part of Biesterfeldt (2010)
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Analysis of some resistivity and magnetic data that Rinita Dalan (Minnesota State U) measured at this protohistoric site.
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Magnetic properties of a medieval iron artifact from Aarhus (2010)
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laboratory measurements reveal less magnetism than anticipated
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A magnetic survey at Hummelure (2010)
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While some linear features were located, the small postholes of the longhouses of this Iron Age settlement were too small for their depth to be detected. Survey with Tatiana Smekalova (Moesgaard Museum) for Stine Vestergård Laursen (Moesgård Museum).
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A ground-penetrating radar survey at Rotherwood (2011)
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A radar survey reveals little around this Virginia house; survey for Nicholas Luccketti (James River Institute for Archaeology).
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A magnetic analysis of part of Ruinmark A at Hald (2011)
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historical site in Denmark
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A magnetic exploration for early iron furnaces at Maglegård (2011)
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A survey on the Danish island of Bornholm done with Tatiana Smekalova (Moesgaard Museum) for Olfert Voss (Frederiksberg, Denmark) locates three cooking pits and one block of iron-containing slag.
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A Magnetic Search for a Boatyard at Holmen (2011)
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Survey of a Norwegian Viking period site finds no evidence of the boathouse that was thought to have been here. Survey with Tatiana Smekalova (Moesgaard Museum) for Frans-Arne Stylegar (Vest-Agder fyldeskommune, Norway)
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A magnetic search for remnants of Ørkild castle at Svendborg (2011)
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Magnetic survey with Tatiana Smekalova may locate some underground foundations at this former Danish castle. Survey for Per Ole Thomsen (Svendborg Museum).
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A magnetic survey at Rispebjerg in September 2011 (2011)
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Survey locates possible Neolithic palisade trench on the southern side of the site. Survey with Tatiana Smekalova and for Finn Ole Sonne Nielsen (Bornholms Museum).
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A magnetic survey at Store Krusegård (2011)
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Survey on Bornholm Island with Tatiana Smekalova (Aarhus U) for Terry Slocum (U of Wisconsin) found mostly boulders but perhaps a dozen archaeological feautures at this Neolithic site.
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A Magnetic Test in the Mollerup Excavation (2011)
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Danish prehistory
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Notes on geophysical exploration for archaeology in Norway (2011)
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notes for a talk at Oslo
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A magnetic analysis of the kilns within the Ilka site at Mangup (2012)
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Survey by Tatiana Smekalova (Aarhus University); estimated direction of magnetization within the kilns.
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A magnetic exploration of Brændesgård in 2012 (2012)
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Magnetic survey with Tatiana Smekalova locates no complete blocks of iron-containing slag; however, many other features were revealed. Survey for Finn Ole Sonne Nielsen (Bornholms Museum) and Olfert Voss (Frederiksberg).
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A magnetic survey at Gammeltoft Odde (2012)
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Because of waterlogged soil, survey could not locate refilled ditches. Geophysical survey with Tatiana Smekalova for Stina Troldtoft Andresen (Varde Museum).
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A magnetic survey at Skovholm (2012)
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Survey with Tatiana Smeklova for Finn Ole Sonne Nielsen (Bornholms Museum) found evidence of a buried medieval well or spring.
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A magnetic survey at St. Valby (2012)
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Found some linear features in buried medieval village, but no rectangular buldings; survey with Tatiana Smekalova for Trine Louise Borake (Sydvestjaellands Museum)
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Geophysical tests on the linear mound northwest of Kosh-Oba (2013)
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Magnetic and resistivity tests with Tatiana Smekalova and Andre Chudin over this Bronze Age barrow detect a rectangular wall inside and conductive fill.