Electromagnetic survey of prehistoric Mississippian period village farming communities

Multidisciplined investigation to locate theKentucky shipwreck

“…A large area can be surveyed using a coarse sampling rate and, based on these data, smaller areas of interest can be selected to concentrate more detailed geophysical and archaeological surveys. There are numerous examples in the literature where geophysics has been used to aid the archaeologist in narrowing the survey area or specifically locating a feature of interest (Bevan, 1986;Broadwater, 1980;Brock and Schwartz, 1991;Butler et al, 1994;Clay, 1996;Garrison et al, 1989;Stright, 1986;Weymouth, 1996;Weymouth and Woods, 1984;Wynn and Sherwood, 1984;Young and Droege, 1986). Three geophysical methods were utilized in this survey: electromagnetics, magnetics, and ground penetrating radar.…”

The contribution of geophysics in the location of prehistoric settlements in Greece

“…Modern shallowpenetration, high-resolution EM systems are now routinely used in archaeology. They are ideally suited for site mapping because of their resolution and speed (Clay, 1996). Tabbagh (1986) has given a good summary of EM work up to the 1980s, and introduces the concept of using careful parameter control to derive magnetic susceptibility information at the same time that conductivity information is acquired.…”