2016-01-14
Author: Lawrence B. Conyers
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118950003
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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There has long been a strong collaboration between geologists and archaeologists, and the sub-field of geoarchaeology is well developed as a discipline in its own right. This book now bridges the gap between those fields and the geophysical technique of ground-penetrating radar (GPR), which allows for three-dimensional analysis of the ground to visualize both geological and archaeological materials. This method has the ability to produce images of the ground that display complex packages of materials, and allows researchers to integrate sedimentary units, soils and associated archaeological features in ways not possible using standard excavation techniques. The ability of GPR to visualize all these buried units can help archaeologists place ancient people within the landscapes and environments of their time, and understand their burial and preservation phenomena in three-dimensions. Readership: Advanced students in archaeology and geoarchaeology, as well as practicing archaeologists with an interest in GPS techniques.
Author: Lawrence B. Conyers
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118950003
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Book Description
There has long been a strong collaboration between geologists and archaeologists, and the sub-field of geoarchaeology is well developed as a discipline in its own right. This book now bridges the gap between those fields and the geophysical technique of ground-penetrating radar (GPR), which allows for three-dimensional analysis of the ground to visualize both geological and archaeological materials. This method has the ability to produce images of the ground that display complex packages of materials, and allows researchers to integrate sedimentary units, soils and associated archaeological features in ways not possible using standard excavation techniques. The ability of GPR to visualize all these buried units can help archaeologists place ancient people within the landscapes and environments of their time, and understand their burial and preservation phenomena in three-dimensions. Readership: Advanced students in archaeology and geoarchaeology, as well as practicing archaeologists with an interest in GPS techniques.
Author: Lawrence B Conyers
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315426323
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has become one of the standard tools in the archaeologist's array of methods, but users still struggle to understand what the images tell us. In this book—illustrated with over 200 full-color photographs—Lawrence Conyers shows how results of geophysical surveys can test ideas regarding people, history, and cultures, as well as be used to prospect for buried remains. Using 20 years of data from more than 600 GPR surveys in a wide array of settings, Conyers, one of the first archaeological specialists in GPR, provides the consumer of GPR studies with basic information on how the process works. He show how the plots are generated, what subsurface factors influence specific profiles, how the archaeologist can help the surveyor collect optimal data, and how to translate the results into useable archaeological information.
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ISBN: 9781642241150
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Languages : en
Pages : 349
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Radar techniques, developed originally for the detection of targets in the sky or on the surface of land or sea, are now being adapted as a means of investigating the composition and integrity of non-conducting materials and structures. Ground-penetrating Radar (GPR) is deliberated one of the more complex of near-surface geophysical techniques, but also one of the more accurate, because of its ability to map buried archaeological features in three-dimensions. Data from many two-dimensional reflections profiles within a tightly spaced grid can be processed to remove noise, transfer reflections to their correct subsurface location, and then enhance important reflections from subsurface interfaces of interest. Three-dimensional images can then be constructed that produce realistic isosurfaces and amplitude slice-maps of buried features. When GPR reflections are incorporated with information derived from standard archaeological methods, and corrected to depth in the ground using velocity analysis, GPR maps can be used to display a large amount of information from limited excavations to produce a great deal of knowledge from a very large area. This book is packed with the studies that connect the gap between those fields and the geophysical technique of ground-penetrating radar (GPR), which allows for three-dimensional analysis of the ground to envisage both geological and archaeological materials. The use of GPR in archaeological exploration has advanced dramatically over the last decades. The ability to convert echoes, measured in time, to approximate depth using calibrations derived from velocity analyses was a major advancement to visualize all these hidden elements can assist archaeologists dwell ancient people within the landscapes and environments of their time, and know their burial and preservation phenomena in three-dimensions. The book will appeal to advanced students in archaeology and geoarchaeology, as well as practitioners having an interest in GPS techniques.
Author: Lawrence B. Conyers
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118950011
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Book Description
There has long been a strong collaboration between geologists and archaeologists, and the sub-field of geoarchaeology is well developed as a discipline in its own right. This book now bridges the gap between those fields and the geophysical technique of ground-penetrating radar (GPR), which allows for three-dimensional analysis of the ground to visualize both geological and archaeological materials. This method has the ability to produce images of the ground that display complex packages of materials, and allows researchers to integrate sedimentary units, soils and associated archaeological features in ways not possible using standard excavation techniques. The ability of GPR to visualize all these buried units can help archaeologists place ancient people within the landscapes and environments of their time, and understand their burial and preservation phenomena in three-dimensions. Readership: Advanced students in archaeology and geoarchaeology, as well as practicing archaeologists with an interest in GPS techniques.
Author: Lawrence B. Conyers
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759107731
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 203
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Conyers succinctly and clearly lays out for archaeological practitioners the theory behind, and applications of, ground-penetrating radar as a non-invasive method of subsurface prospection. Describing the technology, the equipment, the analysis and interpretation necessary to produce usable results and full of examples from GPR projects throughout the world, this book also details advances in computer simulation, statistical modeling, virtual reality techniques, and data integration in recent years. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Author: Lawrence B. Conyers
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319708902
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 109
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This book presents the integrated use of magnetometry and ground-penetrating radar geophysical mapping to understand the human presence within buried archaeological landscapes. Ground-penetrating radar can be used to identify buried living surfaces, geological stratigraphy and the architectural remains of sites in three-dimensions. Magnetometry can produce images denoting differences on the composition of those materials, both anthropogenic and natural, but with more limited three-dimensional resolution. The integration of the two has a unique ability to resolve and interpret these buried materials, differentiated between the human-caused and natural layers, and place all buried features within historic landscapes. The final product of geophysical integration, along with some limited subsurface testing, produces a holistic analysis of human adaptations to, and modifications of, the ancient landscape. Examples are shown from sites in Roman Croatia and Britain, Medieval Ireland, Colonial Connecticut, and an Archaic site in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. These examples from very different environments, time periods and cultural groups illustrate how the integrated geophysical methodology can interpret, on a scale approaching many hectares, the ancient landscapes within which people lived.
Author: Lawrence B Conyers
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315426315
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Book Description
Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has become one of the standard tools in the archaeologist's array of methods, but users still struggle to understand what the images tell us. In this book—illustrated with over 200 full-color photographs—Lawrence Conyers shows how results of geophysical surveys can test ideas regarding people, history, and cultures, as well as be used to prospect for buried remains. Using 20 years of data from more than 600 GPR surveys in a wide array of settings, Conyers, one of the first archaeological specialists in GPR, provides the consumer of GPR studies with basic information on how the process works. He show how the plots are generated, what subsurface factors influence specific profiles, how the archaeologist can help the surveyor collect optimal data, and how to translate the results into useable archaeological information.
Author: Lawrence B. Conyers
Publisher: AltaMira Press
ISBN: 0759123500
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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A concise and easy-to-read summary of all the latest and crucial aspects of ground-penetrating radar uses and data collection, analysis, and processing for archaeological mapping and exploration
Author: Lawrence B. Conyers
Publisher: Altamira Press
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Traditional archaeological excavation methods are sometimes daunting due to political or financial complications. Other times, an improperly planned dig can destroy or entirely overlook the features or artifacts being sought. In either case, Ground-Penetrating Radar, or GPR, is an increasingly applicable technology, but one that few archaeologists truly understand. That is where this book excels. It is tailored towards an archaeological community which is for the most part apprehensive about using "high tech" instruments and feel more comfortable on their hands and knees digging in the dirt. Its abundant illustrations and easy-to-understand tables help to keep this potentially daunting subject matter accessible. It also contains more complex equations and theory so that the more technically-oriented can use it as a reference tool.
Author: James R. Wiseman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387444556
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 554
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Archaeology has been transformed by technology that allows one to ‘see’ below the surface of the earth. This work illustrates the uses of advanced technology in archaeological investigation. It deals with hand-held instruments that probe the subsurface of the earth to unveil layering and associated sites; underwater exploration and photography of submerged sites and artifacts; and the utilization of imaging from aircraft and spacecraft to reveal the regional setting of archaeological sites and to assist in cultural resource management.
