Multisensor Geophysical Survey of Monte Albán’s Main Plaza

Author(s): Scott Hammerstedt; Marc Levine; Amanda Regnier

Year: 2019

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Monumental Surveys: New Insights from Landscape-Scale Geophysics" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

During the summer of 2017, we conducted a landscape-scale geophysical survey of the Main Plaza at Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico. We obtained full coverage of the plaza with gradiometry, electrical resistance, and ground-penetrating radar and also generated a centimeter-level accuracy map using a drone and a robotic total station. The most prominent feature discovered was a buried building that we interpret as a probable temple. Survey results add to our archaeological understanding of Monte Albán, show the benefits of utilizing multiple technologies, and provide potential guidelines for heritage management.

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Multisensor Geophysical Survey of Monte Albán’s Main Plaza. Scott Hammerstedt, Marc Levine, Amanda Regnier. Presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. 2019 ( tDAR id: 451955)

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Keywords

General
Highland Mesoamerica: Classic • Landscape Archaeology • Remote Sensing/Geophysics

Geographic Keywords
Mesoamerica: Oaxaca or Southern Highlands

Spatial Coverage

min long: -98.679; min lat: 15.496 ; max long: -94.724; max lat: 18.271 ;

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 23589