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GSA Special Papers
Effects of Scale on Archaeological and Geoscientific Perspectives
Author(s)
Geological Society of America

Volume
283
Copyright:
© 1993 Geological Society of America
Geological Society of America
ISBN print:
9780813722832
Publication date:
January 01, 1993
Book Chapter
Issues of scale in archaeogeophysical research
Author(s)
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Published:January 01, 1993
The scale of application of geophysical methods in archaeology has been quite limited in comparison to exploration geophysical surveys employed in engineering, hazardous-waste, ground-water, oil and gas, and mineral research. Archaeogeophysical projects have been directed toward discovering or detailing archaeological features that are generally smaller in scale and occur over a relatively smaller range of sizes than the features of interest in exploration geophysics.
It is suggested that the interplay of scale of application with both research orientation and limitations of the geophysical methods has worked to constrain the use of geophysical technology in archaeology. By expanding the scale of...
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- anhysteretic remanent magnetization
- applications
- archaeological sites
- archaeology
- conductivity
- geophysical methods
- geophysical profiles
- Illinois
- magnetic susceptibility
- magnetization
- remanent magnetization
- research
- scale factor
- United States
- southwestern Illinois
- electromagnetic profiles
- Cahokia Mounds State Historical Site
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