Earth Resistance for Archaeologists (eBook)

Armin Schmidt (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013
218 Seiten
Altamira Press (Verlag)
978-0-7591-2293-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Earth Resistance for Archaeologists, written by the foremost expert in the field, provides archaeologists with the know-how required to exploit the significant potential of earth resistance and gain archaeological insights from intelligently interpreted data.

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Earth Resistance for Archaeologists, written by the foremost expert in the field,provides archaeologists with the know-how required to exploit the significant potential of earth resistance methods. A wide variety of possible uses are presented, including cases where earth resistance surveys succeeded in mapping buried archaeological remains that magnetometer surveys were unable to detect. Examples include earth resistance data from many archaeological sites, including in England, Scotland, Nepal, Bangladesh, and more. The archaeological features that can be detected through earth resistance methods are varied, ranging from ditches, pits, and grave cuts to stone and brick foundations, and even include whole landscapes. Whereas area surveys were traditionally the most common earth resistance method, depth profiling and vertical imaging have become well-developed tools that allow electrical depth investigations in three dimensions. Both techniques are described in detail and archaeologists will be able to apply them in their work. Content is equally relevant for environmental investigations.

Autor

Armin Schmidt, a geophysicist and honorary research fellow at Bradford University and Durham University in the United Kingdom, is the world’s foremost authority on the use of earth resistance for surveying and mapping archaeological sites.

Inhalt

IntroductionChapter 1: Electrical Currents in the GroundChapter 2: Results from the Homogenous GroundChapter 3: The Electrical Signature of Features in the GroundChapter 4: Resistivity ImagingChapter 5: Implications for Field PracticeChapter 6: Data TreatmentChapter 7: Case Studies and Data InterpretationChapter 8: ConclusionBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.2.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Geophysical Methods for Archaeology
• Zusatzinfo: 106 Illustrations including: - 97 Black & White Illustrations; - 2 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 7 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 0-7591-2293-8 / 0759122938
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7591-2293-2 / 9780759122932