North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics
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Project Name: La Ciudad, AZ;
Reference: Bevan, B.W. (1983). Electromagnetics for Mapping Buried Earth Features. Journal of Field Archaeology 10(1):47-54. Reproduced from Journal of Field Archaeology with the permission of the Trustees of Boston University. All rights reserved.
High conductivity anomaly mapped by the electromagnetic survey at the Hohokam site of La Ciudad in Phoenix. Excavation revealed a near-surface layer of dark soil with a high content of clay, possibly a sedimentation basin.