Electrical Imaging at the Sapelo Island Shell Ring

Part of the Sapelo Island project

Author(s): Matthew D. Reynolds; Victor D. Thompson

Year: unknown

Summary

The electrical resistivity pseudosection provides information about variation in soil moisture content and texture at multiple depths along a vertical axis through the ground. A series of pseudosections were collected on Ring 3 at the Sapelo Island Shell Ring site. These show both horizontal and vertical changes in the ring composition. Two-dimensional inversion of these pseudosections suggests that Ring 3 is made up of discrete concentrations of shell rather than layered shell ani soil.

Cite this Record

Electrical Imaging at the Sapelo Island Shell Ring. Matthew D. Reynolds, Victor D. Thompson. ( tDAR id: 366276) ; doi:10.6067/XCV87P8X4G

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Keywords

Culture
Archaic • Prehistoric

Site Name
Shell Ring Complex

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Midden • Shell Midden

Investigation Types
Systematic Survey

General
electrical resistivity profiling • resistivity profiling technique

Spatial Coverage

min long: -81.312; min lat: 31.374 ; max long: -81.151; max lat: 31.564 ;

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