Field Archaeology:Survey & Applications

Sang H. Song

Field Project: ProcessManagement of Research Projects in the Historic Environment

(MoRPHE)<MoRPHE Project, English Heritage>

Going back to Kristina’s lecture…

Existing knowledge

DocumentsGround Survey

Geophysical Survey

Remote Sensing Chemical Survey

Ground Survey

Grids Transects

Simple Random

Stratified Random

Stratified Systematic

Aligned

Systematic

Lines Squares

Search for archaeological sites and collect information about the location, distribution

and organization of past human cultures

across a large area<Wikipedia> =b

Geophysical SurveyGround Penetrating

RadarMagnetometry

Remote Sensing

LiDAR Aerial Photography Satellite Imaging

Sanisera Using Satellite Imagery

Applications of Satellite RadarGhoneim and El-baz

(2007)Lira et al. (2005) Maya

Palliou et al. (2007) Subsurface Africa

Hritz, C (2010) Settlement Patterns and Channel Systems in Mesopotamia