Project Documentation,
Survey name,Fort 1 res
Survey index,Fort 1 res
Survey purpose,To further examine a section of the fort already located using magnetometry
Spatial coverage,Located within magnetometry survey - see Fort 1.xls and Fort 1.jpg for details
Country,Iran
Duration,Summer 2005
Weather,Hot and sunny
Soil condition,Dry
Land use,Arable
Monument type,Fort
Monument period,Sasanian (5th to 7th century AD)
Geophysical survey directors,"Roger Ainslie (not present, but provided the equipment and processed results)"
Geophysical surveyors,"David Parker, James Ratcliffe, Hamid Omrani, Steve Usher-Wilson"
Client,University of Edinburgh
Depositor,"Eberhard Sauer, Classics, School of History, Classics & Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, David Hume Tower, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JX, U.K."
Primary archive,CD held by University of Edinburgh Classics Department
Copyright,Abingdon Archaeological Geophysics
Geophysical Survey,
Survey type,Earth resistance
Instrumentation,TRCIA Earth Resistance Meter
Probe configuration,Twin
Probe spacing,0.5m
Area surveyed,3 grids (30m x 30m) - approximately 0.3 ha
Method of coverage,"Regular grid, Zigzag"
Traverse separation,1m
Reading interval,1m
Sampling position,Start northwest corner going east
Grid size,30m x 30m
Accuracy: spatial,Within 1m
Accuracy: readings,plus/minus 5%
Data Recording,
Grid size,30m x 30m
Resolution,1m x 1m
Survey direction,"Zigzag lines, start northwest corner going east"
Line sequence,Zigzag
Dummy value,32702
Documenting Data Treatment,
Processing steps,"1. Data downloaded from machine using ArcheoSurveyor   2   Clip at 1 SD (Area: Top 0, Left 0, Bottom 29, Right 29)
  3   Despike Threshold: 2 Window size: 3x3
  4   Interpolate: X & Y"
Report Documentation,
Report title,"Linear Barriers, Iran 44, 2006, 121-173 Published version.pdf"
Report author,Eberhard Sauer
Report holder,University of Edinburgh
Report summary,"The geophysical survey provided fascinating insights into the architecture of the defences of the fort and the wall beyond the fort. These features caused very distinct positive linear anomalies and there thus seems little doubt that they, like excavated sections of the wall, comprised fired brick. "
Digital Data Documentation,
List of all file names,"Linear Barriers, Iran 44, 2006, 121-173 Published version.pdf, Fort 1 res.xls, Fort 1 res grid location.xls, 01.grd to 03.grd, Fort 1 res.bmp, Fort 1.jpg"
"Hardware, software and operating system used","TRCIA Earth Resistance Meter, ArcheoSurveyor, Windows XP"
Date of last modification,2005