GPR Array Imaging and Mapping with Esri Field Maps of 18th Century Archaeological Sites

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

A burgeoning movement is taking place in the geospatial world to further refine underground imaging. These advancements include the use of GPR arrays that provide unprecedented images of the subsurface very quickly with centimeter precision. Use of these systems is growing due to the images produced and the transposition of the images in the field to software such as Esri Field Maps. Archaeologists can now “walk” the image to its location in the field on a mobile device for immediate demarcation and/or test pits. These tools were used with remarkable results at an 18th century former plantation and other period sites in the historic Charleston, South Carolina area.

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• Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2025

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