CURRENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION ADVANCES FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE INVESTIGATIONS IN THE 21st CENTURY

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TRAINING OPPORTUNITY

Demonstration of the GSSI Ground Penetrating Radar by Margaret Watters

Date(s): May 17 - May 21, 2004

Course: Current Archeological Prospection Advances for Non-destructive Investigations in the 21st Century. For pdf file click here.

Location: Spiro Mounds Archaeological State Park, Spiro, Oklahoma

Tuition: $475.00

Details: This workshop is designed to provide a practical application of geophysical equipment and aerial photographic techniques available for the identification, evaluation, and ultimately, the conservation and protection of cultural resources. The field exercises associated with the course will concentrate on the application of these techniques to archeological investigations. Instruction will be given in the use of and the interpretation of data from magnetometers, conductivity meters, resistivity meters, ground penetrating radar, metal detectors, and magnetic susceptibility and their applications to non-destructive subsurface investigations. The major emphasis of the training will be on the field use of the equipment. Instruction will also be offered in the use of and interpretation of aerial photographic techniques, and in the use of low altitude large scale aerial reconnaissance.

This will be the fourteenth year of the workshop dedicated to the use of geophysical, aerial photography, and other remote sensing methods as they apply to the identification, evaluation, conservation, and protection of archaeological resources across this Nation. The workshop this year will focus on data processing and interpretation in addition to the more basic topics involving the theory of operation, methodology, and on-hands use of the equipment in the field.

Closes: April 23, 2003

Dr. Larry Conyers Giving
Geophysical Instructions

Contact: Application form available from Steven DeVore at the Midwest Archeological Center, Federal Building, Room 474, 100 Centennial Mall North, Lincoln, NE 68508-3873, phone: 402-437-5392, ext.141 E-mail: steve_de_vore@nps.gov , web: www.cr.nps.gov/mwac/pro_work/pro_workshop.htm