NCPTT and the Growth of American Archeogeophysics

Summary

Before the turn of the millennium there were few practitioners of geophysical prospecting in American archaeology. In this relative vacuum NCPTT came into being at the right time, situated to support and promote these methods for site exploration, documentation and, in effect, preservation of site structural information because vast areas of the subsurface and its archeological content could finally be mapped. In the late 1990s NCPTT was an early supporter of research into the integration or "fusion" of multiple geophysical data sets as means to build on relationships between complementary information and to provide a fuller picture of the subsurface. Since that time these approaches have risen to the forefront and occupy a central focus of contemporary research. By the early 2000s NCPTT also funded website development to promote knowledge of archaeological geophysics among American archaeologists and to share information about results across the country. In more recent years the NCPTT realized the importance of expanding knowledge of instrument capabilities and theoretical knowledge of the geophysical responses to archaeological phenomena. Through these efforts NCPTT has been a constant promoter and support of geophysical prospecting in archaeology.

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This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 80th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2015)   •
• 20 Year Retrospective of National Center for Preservation Technology and Training sponsored Archaeology.

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Spatial Coverage