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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818587803321

Titolo

Remote sensing in archaeology : an explicitly North American perspective / / edited by Jay K. Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8173-8091-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages) : illustrations, map

Altri autori (Persone)

JohnsonJay K

Disciplina

930.1028

Soggetti

Archaeology - Remote sensing

Archaeology - North America - Remote sensing

Indians of North America - Antiquities - Remote sensing

Excavations (Archaeology) - North America

North America Antiquities Remote sensing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on presentations made at a workshop held in Biloxi, Miss. in 2002, preceding the annual meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference.

"Published for the Center for Archaeological Research at the University of Mississippi, the University of Mississippi Geoinformatics Center, and NASA Earth Science Applications Directorate at the Stennis Space Center."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Current and Potential Role of Archaeogeophysics in Cultural Resource Management in the United States; 3. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Remote Sensing Application in Cultural Resource Management Archaeology; 4. Airborne Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis; 5. Conductivity Survey: A Survival Manual; 6. Resistivity Survey; 7. Ground-Penetrating Radar; 8. Magnetic Susceptibility; 9. Magnetometry: Nature's Gift to Archaeology; 10. Data Processing and Presentation; 11. Multiple Methods Surveys: Case Studies

12. Ground Truthing the Results of Geophysical Surveys 13. A Comparative Guide to Applications; List of Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

The coming of age of a technology first developed in the 1950's.   All the money spent by the United States space program is not spent



looking at the stars. NASA is composed of a vast and varied network of scientists across the academic spectrum involved in research and development programs that have wide application on planet Earth. Several of the leaders in the field of remote sensing and archaeology were recently brought together for a NASA-funded workshop in Biloxi, Mississippi. The workshop was organized specifically to show these archaeologists and culture