Two Brazilian archaeological sites investigated by GPR: Serrano and Morro Grande

Cezar, Glória da Silva; Rocha, Paula Lúcia Ferrucio da; Buarque, Angela; Costa, Ariovaldo da

doi:10.1016/s0926-9851(01)00067-2

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“…As a nondestructive geophysical survey method, ground penetrating radar has multiple advantages in archaeological studies, and has been used extensively to detect underground structures and buried objects without causing damage. Both 2-D and 3-D GPR surveys are widely employed in archaeology (31,32), with related work encompassing both urban areas (33) and more rural field settings (34,35). GPR modeling and simulation are also common in archaeology (36).…”

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Nondestructive Evaluation of the Condition of Subsurface Drainage in Pavements Using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)

Sinfield¹,

Bai²

2017

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The authors would like to thank Dwayne Harris for his support and expert guidance during the field work required for this study as well as his constructive review of the study findings. In addition, the authors appreciated the counsel provided by the Study Advisory Committee members throughout this effort. JOINT TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROGRAM The Joint Transportation Research Program serves as a vehicle for INDOT collaboration with higher education institutions and industry in Indiana to facilitate innovation that results in continuous improvement in the planning, design, construction, operation, management and economic efficiency of the Indiana transportation infrastructure.

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Nondestructive Evaluation of the Condition of Subsurface Drainage in Pavements Using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)

Sinfield¹,

Bai²

2017

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“…There are numerous commonly employed geophysical techniques for archaeological prospection in ancient, complex, urban sites, which describes the site core area of Pacbitun, including electric resistivity tomography or imaging (ERT/ERI) [10][11][12][13], geomagnetic mapping (GM), frequency domain electromagnetic methods (FDEM) [14][15][16][17][18][19], and GPR or georadar [17,[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. A GPR and GM survey was deemed most appropriate for exploring two plaza areas which needed to be completed in six days.…”

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An Iterative Approach to Ground Penetrating Radar at the Maya Site of Pacbitun, Belize

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Ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys provide distinct advantages for archaeological prospection in ancient, complex, urban Maya sites, particularly where dense foliage or modern debris may preclude other remote sensing or geophysical techniques. Unidirectional GPR surveys using a 500 MHz shielded antenna were performed at the Middle Preclassic Maya site of Pacbitun, Belize. The survey in 2012 identified numerous linear and circular anomalies between 1 m and 2 m deep. Based on these anomalies, one 1 m × 4 m unit and three smaller units were excavated in 2013. These test units revealed a curved plaster surface not previously found at Pacbitun. Post-excavation, GPR data were reprocessed to best match the true nature of excavated features. Additional GPR surveys oriented perpendicular to the original survey confirmed previously detected anomalies and identified new anomalies. The excavations provided information on the sediment layers in the survey area, which allowed better identification of weak radar reflections of the surfaces of a burnt, Middle Preclassic temple in the northern end of the survey area. Additional excavations of the area in 2014 and 2015 revealed it to be a large square structure, which was named El Quemado.

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“…This kind of deployment enables a quick prospecting, usually leading to a successful detection of a variety of archaeological targets, including walls, burials, cavities and other smaller objects such as pottery (Basile et al, 2000;Da Silva Cezar et al, 2001;Leopold and Völkel, 2004). On the other hand, variable offset surveys are often performed when it is necessary to increase the signal to noise ratio (Yilmaz, 1987).…”

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GPR prospecting in a prehispanic village, NW Argentina

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Cedrina

Osella

et al. 2009

Journal of Applied Geophysics

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Two Brazilian archaeological sites investigated by GPR: Serrano and Morro Grande

Cited by 28 publications

References 3 publications

Nondestructive Evaluation of the Condition of Subsurface Drainage in Pavements Using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)

Nondestructive Evaluation of the Condition of Subsurface Drainage in Pavements Using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)

An Iterative Approach to Ground Penetrating Radar at the Maya Site of Pacbitun, Belize

GPR prospecting in a prehispanic village, NW Argentina

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