An Overview of the Combined Survey Formal (CSF) (Integrated, Geological, Near-Surface Geophysical, Soil, and Plant pXRF Archaeogeochemical Surveys) Survey System and How it has been Used Successfully on Site-Specific Projects in Terrestrial Archaeology.

Summary

This is a paper/report submission presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Since the pioneering work of Dr. Luis Barba of UNAM, the Combined Survey Formal (CSF) has had an impact on graduate work in Mexico beginning in 1990. Wondjina Research Institute's (WRI) development of CSF from a Geological/Geophysical/pXRF and, Portable IR systems was from a successful system in geological exploration. WRI developed this system for the time and cost-effective gathering of tremendous amounts of data (up to 50 pieces of complementary data from multiple instruments) from a single point in less than 3 minutes for each station with a moving team of 3-4 Professional or trained Students. As the data is georeferenced with either a set grid or by GPS it can be easily set into a Total Station system OR a conventional EXCEL system for later analyses or contouring individual components of the data. Examples and discussion of the limitations of the CSF System will be presented.

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• 2020 SHA General Sessions   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2020

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PaperId(s): 1055