Remote sensing in archaeology : an explicitly North American perspective / edited by Jay K. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Johnson, Jay K.

University of Mississippi. Center for Archaeological Research.

John C. Stennis Space Center.

University of Mississippi. Geoinformatics Center.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology--Remote sensing.

Archaeology.

Archaeology--North America--Remote sensing.

Indians of North America--Antiquities--Remote sensing.

Indians of North America.

Excavations (Archaeology)--North America.

Excavations (Archaeology).

North America--Antiquities--Remote sensing.

North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 looking at the stars. NASA is composed of a vast and varied network of scientists across the academic spectrum involved in research and development programs that have wide application on planet Earth. Several of the leaders in the field of remote sensing and archaeology were recently brought together for a NASA-funded workshop in Biloxi, Mississippi. The workshop was organized specifically to show these archaeologists and culture

Contents:

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

Notes:

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."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8173-8091-4

OCLC:

183293667