David, A., Cole, M. A., Horsley, T., Linford, N. T., Linford, P. K. and Martin, L. (2004). A rival to Stonehenge?. Antiquity 78 (300). Vol 78(300), pp. 341-358.
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A rival to Stonehenge? | |||||||||||
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Subtitle The sub title of the publication or report |
Geophysical survey at Stanton Drew, England | |||||||||||
Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Antiquity 78 (300) | |||||||||||
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Antiquity | |||||||||||
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78 (300) | |||||||||||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
341 - 358 | |||||||||||
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
The development of geophysical survey remains a priority for new research and cultural resource management alike, since geophysics can find and map sites without destroying them. However there are current weaknesses of sensitivity and resolution -- the instruments cannot easily `see' small features like graves and post-holes of which so many ancient sites are principally composed. Great hopes have been invested in caesium vapour magnetometers, which the Centre for Archaeology has been promoting in England -- perhaps nowhere with such success as at Stanton Drew, Somerset. Here, geophysical techniques have brought to light the lines of broad circles belonging to a previously unrecognised henge monument, and the caesium magnetometer showed these circles to be composed of individual pits about 1.4 m in diameter. The fine focus achieved for these buried features augers well for the discovery and preservation of similar sites and monuments in the future. | |||||||||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
2004 | |||||||||||
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered |
17 Aug 2004 |
