期刊
ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION
卷 20, 期 3, 页码 219-231出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/arp.1458
关键词
Electromagnetic induction; Slingram; conductivity; magnetic susceptibility; CMD Mini-Explorer
资金
- AHRC
- EPSRC
- Arts and Humanities Research Council [AH/H032673/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/C014707/1, EP/G025177/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- AHRC [AH/H032673/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- EPSRC [EP/G025177/1] Funding Source: UKRI
In this article we assess the abilities of a new electromagnetic (EM) system, the CMD Mini-Explorer, for prospecting of archaeological features in Ireland and the UK. The Mini-Explorer is an EM probe which is primarily aimed at the environmental/geological prospecting market for the detection of pipes and geology. It has long been evident from the use of other EM devices that such an instrument might be suitable for shallow soil studies and applicable for archaeological prospecting. Of particular interest for the archaeological surveyor is the fact that the Mini-Explorer simultaneously obtains both quadrature (conductivity') and in-phase (relative to magnetic susceptibility') data from three depth levels. As the maximum depth range is probably about 1.5m, a comprehensive analysis of the subsoil within that range is possible. As with all EM devices the measurements require no contact with the ground, thereby negating the problem of high contact resistance that often besets earth resistance data during dry spells. The use of the CMD Mini-Explorer at a number of sites has demonstrated that it has the potential to detect a range of archaeological features and produces high-quality data that are comparable in quality to those obtained from standard earth resistance and magnetometer techniques. In theory the ability to measure two phenomena at three depths suggests that this type of instrument could reduce the number of poor outcomes that are the result of single measurement surveys. The high success rate reported here in the identification of buried archaeology using a multi-depth device that responds to the two most commonly mapped geophysical phenomena has implications for evaluation style surveys. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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