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UNINA9910818587803321 |
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Titolo |
Remote sensing in archaeology : an explicitly North American perspective / / edited by Jay K. Johnson |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Archaeology - Remote sensing |
Archaeology - North America - Remote sensing |
Indians of North America - Antiquities - Remote sensing |
Excavations (Archaeology) - North America |
North America Antiquities Remote sensing |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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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." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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