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Presented by
The National Center
for Preservation Technology
and Training in partnership with
the Presidio Trust
SAVETHE
DATE
AUGUST
4-8
WEEKLONG COURSE
$499(lodging included)
A Workshop for Developing Advanced Geophysical Surveyingand
Interpretive Skills
Further details and convenient registration available at:
WWW.NCPTT.NPS.GOVor contact David W. Morgan at (318) 356-7444,
[email protected]
Geophysical techniques like radar, magnetometry,conductivity,
and resistivity are fast becomingessential archeological skills.
They can augment
traditional documentation methods,target features for
excavation, andminimize expense, site destruction andreconnaisance
time.
Our expert
instructors willguide you in anintensive learningexperience
thatintegrates concepts,
data collection, excavation, andinterpretation. The
historicmilitary post, El Presidiode San Francisco,will be your
testingground.
El Presidio de San Francisco
on a deeper level
Archeology
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NationalParkService
U.S.Depart
mentoftheInterior
NationalCe
nterforPreservation
Technology
andTraining
645UniversityParkway
Natchitoche
s,Louisiana,71457
OfcialBus
iness
PenaltyforPrivateUse,$300
Scanning
the
Land:SkillsTraining
in
GeophysicalTechniques.
Armed
with
the
PresidiosrobustGIS
data
base,expert
instructorsdemonstrate
theunique
abil-
ityofgeophysicalequipm
entto
identify
buried
sitesand
site
feat
uresrapidlyand
non-destructively.NCPTT
challengestraditionalped
-
agogybymaking
you
an
active,engaged
research
partner!
Moving
the
Earth:Learn
-
ing
byTesting.Most
coursesend
with
data
co
l-
lection.Butwhatdid
itall
mean?
To
learn
whatit
isthatcaused
the
signals
you
mustmove
the
earth
!
Selectanomalieswillbe
excavated
so
thatpartici-
pantscan
learn
justwhat
featurescreatetheirremote-
lysensed
data.Join
NCPTT
and
the
Presidio
Trustin
an
unparalleled
opportunity
to
interpretremote
sensing
data
through
the
lensesof
archival,his
torical,and
archaeologicalda
ta
gathered
by
the
Presidio
ArchaeologyCenter
overdecadesofresearch.
Distance
Learning:GeophysicsfromHom
e.
Afterwardsthe
resultswillbe
organized
a
nd
presented
on
the
Internet
in
cooperation
with
the
Presidio
Trust.You
will
have
the
leisure
to
match
yoursurveynotesagain
st
the
photos,excavation
records,and
GIS
data
generated
through
your
effortsand
those
ofthe
NCPTT
and
Presidio
Trusts
archeologicalstaff.Go
to
ourwebsite
now
to
see
resultsfrom2006,and
in
Februaryto
see
results
from2007.
Visitourwebsite
now
fo
r
convenientregistration,
information
on
accommo-
dationsand
thingsto
do
in
the
Citybythe
Bay
during
youroffhours!
Pre
sentedby
Th
eNationalCenter
fo
rPreservationTechnolog
y
an
dTraininginpartnershipwith
thePresidioTrust
WWW.NCPTT.N
PS.GOV
orcontactDavid
W.Morganat(318)356-7444,[email protected]
SAVE
THE
DATE
AUGUST
4-8
