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Archaeol Prospection 11 (2)
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Archaeol Prospection 11 (2)
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Archaeological Prospection
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11 (2)
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Journal
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Editor:
Mark M Pollard
Arnold Aspinall
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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2004
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jissue/108568001
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25 Oct 2005
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Ground-penetrating radar time-slices from North Ballachulish Moss
Erica Utsi
65 - 75
In the late 1990s ground-penetrating radar (GPR) was used to map the underlying topography of North Ballachulish Moss as part of an archaeological evaluation of the area that was under threat of development. In the process a series of radar anomalies were identified. These were confirmed subsequently by sediment coring and trial excavation to correspond to a buried prehistoric surface with associated man-made artefacts. These GPR data have now been used to develop horizontal time-slices. The series of time-slices is presented showing the development of discrete surfaces and their relationship to an adjacent headland. The orientation of the site and its proximity to the location of a buried prehistoric wooden figure suggest ritual importance. Although comparable data in similar locations are lacking, the possibility exists to shed further light on the Ballachulish evidence without destroying wetland resources if further GPR investigation can be carried out on other wetland sites of recognized ritual significance.
Application of the self-potential method to archaeological prospection: some case histories
Mahmut G Drahor
77 - 105
The self-potential (SP) method is very rarely used in archaeological prospection because related phenomena are not very well known. The aim of this study is to discuss the different SP phenomena that might be observed at archaeological sites, and therefore the SP method was applied at different archaeological sites in Anatolia (Turkey). These studies indicated that SP anomalies existed over both burned and unburned materials at archaeological sites, such as walls, pits, kilns, etc. Furthermore, SP anomalies were also found over areas of complex soil distribution and visible physical changes on the surface. Other kinds of SP anomalies were also observed in those archaeological structures located very close to the coastline. These results were confirmed by archaeological excavations, which were carried out after geophysical surveys in the areas studied. All the studies supported that electrokinetic and electrochemical potentials might be the main cause of SP anomalies in the buried archaeological structures. The SP data collected with the gradient and total measurement techniques were processed by forward and inversion methods, and the main SP parameters (h, Q and x0) were determined. In addition, the SP results were compared with other applied geophysical methods such as resistivity and magnetic.
The influence of waterlogging and variations in pedology and ignition upon resultant susceptibilities: a series of laboratory reconstructions
D Weston
107 - 120
Magnetic survey techniques, such as fluxgate gradiometry, depend greatly on bodies of soil developing enhanced magnetic susceptibilities. Coarse mineral soils, especially those subject to a high groundwater table, often fail to develop enhanced susceptibilities and gradiometry. An example of this is Easingwold, in the Vale of York. Gradiometry detected very little; however, subsequent excavation uncovered a complex of features suggesting multiphase activity and evidence for industry. This non-detection is attributed to the coarse mineral soils and the high watertable. Several laboratory reconstructions were made to investigate the influence of specific characteristics of soil and ignition episode upon susceptibility. It was found that variations in soil texture had marked impacts on the levels of susceptibility attained, as did waterlogging. Leaching had a limited effect upon soil magnetic susceptibility, but there was variation according to texture.