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Revealing the buried past : geophysics for archaeologists

Title
Revealing the buried past : geophysics for archaeologists / Chris Gaffney & John Gater.
Author
Gaffney, C. F. (Chris F.)
Publication
Stroud : Tempus, 2006.

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Additional Authors
Gater, John.
Description
192 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, 1 portrait; 25 cm.
Summary
'Revealing The Buried Past' examines the increasingly sophisticated technology that enables archaeologists to identify much that is beneath the soil and so reduce the amount of excavation that is needed.
Series Statement
Revealing history
Uniform Title
Revealing history
Subject
  • Geophysics in archaeology
  • 15.30 archaeology: general
  • Archäologie
  • Geophysik
  • Methode
  • Archeologie
  • Geofysica
  • Soil science in archaeology
  • Archaeological geology
  • Archaeology > Methodology
  • Excavations (Archaeology)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-189) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Mick Aston -- Section 1. Science and methodology in archaeological geophysics -- 1. A history of archaeological geophysics -- 2. Techniques of geophysical investigation: some principles -- 3. Methods and instrumentation -- 4. Survey logistics -- 5. Post-survey analysis -- Section 2. Case studies -- 6. Surveying on prehistoric sites -- 7. Surveying on early historic sites -- 8. Surveying on later historic and modern sites -- 9. Looking forward to prospecting the past.
ISBN
  • 0752425560
  • 9780752425566
OCLC
  • ocm52531915
  • 52531915
  • SCSB-1311070
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library