Dr. Bruce W. Bevan is a leading figure in North American archaeological geophysics. His bibliography of work in North America is extensive and includes many theoretical and methodological studies, and numerous applied papers. Dr. Bevan is a lead instructor and organizer of the annual workshop in non-destructive remote sensing in archaeology, sponsored by the U.S. National Park Service. The bulletins provided here are uncopyrighted technical reports written by Dr. Bevan to improve general knowledge and understanding of geophysical practices in archaeology.

Dr. Bevan heads GEOSIGHT, 356 Waddy Drive, Weems, VA 22576; (804)435-0054.

Selected publications by Bruce W. Bevan

1998. Geophysical Exploration for Archaeology: An Introduction to Geophysical Exploration. Midwest Archeological Center Special Report No. 1, 1998.

1996. Geophysical Exploration in the U.S. National Parks. Northeast Historical Archaeology 25:69-84.

1994. Remote Sensing of Gardens and Fields. In The Archaeology of Garden and Field, edited by Naomi F. Miller and Kathryn L. Gleason. pp.70-90. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia.

1994. The Magnetic Anomaly of a Brick Foundation. Archaeological Prospection 1(2):93-104.

1993. Technical Report. Selecting a Resistivity Meter. Society for Archaeological Sciences Bulletin 16(3):2-7.

1991. The Search for Graves. Geophysics 56(9):1310-1319.

1991. Technical Report: Selecting a Magnetometer. Society for Archaeological Sciences Bulletin 14(4):2-5.

1984. Bevan, B. W. (1984). Looking Backward: Geophysical Location of Historic Structures. In The Scope of Historical Archaeology, edited by David G. Orr and Daniel G Crozier, pp. 284-302. Laboratory of Anthropology, Temple University, Philadelphia.

1983. Electromagnetics for Mapping Buried Earth Features. Journal of Field Archaeology 10(1):47-54.

1975. A Magnetic Survey at Les Forges du Saint-Maurice. MASCA Newsletter 11(2):1.

1975. Bevan, B., and J. Kenyon (1975). Ground-penetrating Radar for Historical Archaeology. MASCA Newsletter 11(2):2-7.