Archaeological Prospection Resources
Department of Archaeological Sciences
This list with resources relevant to Archaeological Prospection is
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of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford. Please send any
comments and suggestions for further links to Armin
Schmidt (A.Schmidt@bradford.ac.uk).
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Archaeological Prospection: Geophysics
Individual Survey Reports
- GSSI - Archaeology
: GPR in archaeology
- Campanaio, Sicily
: A Geophysical Survey 1995
Bournemouth University
(UK)
- The Kerkenes Project
With several extensive geophysical surveys in
Phase One and
Phase Two.
MTU Ankara
(Tr)
- The ArchaeoGeophysical Imaging Project
The ArchaeoGeophysical Imaging Project has completed a major programme of archaeological field research at a number of important sites in the west of Ireland.
National University of Ireland, Galway
(IR)
- Whitehall Farm Roman Villa
Magnetometer survey with report from Northamptonshire Archaeology
Whitehall Farm Roman Villa and Landscape Project
(UK)
- Falerii Novi
Magnetometer survey
conducted by the Department of Archaeology as part of the Tiber Valley project
University of Southampton
(UK)
- The Whistling Elk Subsurface Imaging Project
, an integrated multi-method approach
Kenneth L. Kvamme, University of Arkansas
(USA)
- The Woodhenge at Stanton Drew
: new magnetometer results; see also the BBCcoverage
English Heritage
(UK)
- The Wessex Hillforts Project
(from the AnnualReport 1996/7)
English Heritage
(UK)
- Wroxeter Hinterland Project
, Geophysical Surveys
BUFAU, Birmingham
(UK)
- GPR survey of Pond Barrows
Ted Flexman, CBA
(UK)
- Survey and excavations on enclosures in Cranborne Chase
Bournemouth University
(UK)
- Research at the Knowlton Henge complex
Bournemouth University
(UK)
- The applicationof high resolution fluxgate gradiometery as an aid to excavation planningand strategy formulation
by
J Lyall and D Powlesland in InternetArchaeology
(UK)
- Notre Dame Field Schools
University of Notre Dame
(IN, USA)
- Geophysikalische Erkundung in der Benediktinerabtei Münsterschwarzach (Franken)
: Geophysics in the abbey's cloister. In German.
Ch. Hübner, S. Giese and Ch. Lindenbeck
(D)
- Secrets of The Norman Invasion
("The Normans did not land in Pevensey"), with aerial photographs and earth resistance survey
Nick Austin
(UK)
- Controlled Archaeological Test Site (CATS)
Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) in Champaign, IL
(USA)
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Collections of Survey Reports
- Archaeology Data Service (ADS) - Catalogue
Metadata for many site investigations, including geophysical surveys.
ADS
(UK)
- ArchaeoPhysica projects
A list of survey projects, some with data plots.
ArchaeoPhysica
(UK)
- Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP)
Collection of archaeological survey reports, incluidng some geophysical investigations.
Bournemouth University
(UK)
- Archaeological Geophysics Survey Databases
Database of geophysical surveys undertaken by English Heritage and commercial contractors.
English Heritage
(UK)
- Collection of surveys
Eastern Atlas
(D)
- Archaeosurvey
, archaeological geophysical surveys
Sandro Veronese
(I)
- Geophysical Survey at Glasgow
Geophysical surveys by GUARD and the members of the Department of Archaeology at the University of Glasgow. Sites include Kilmartin Glen, Glasgow Green, Stonehall Farm (Orkney) and Upper Clyde Valley.
University of Glasgow
(UK)
- Archaeo-Physics, LLC
, Shallow Sub-Surface Geophysical Survey
Archaeo-Physics
(USA)
- Oxford Archaeotechnics
, a range of magnetic susceptibility and magnetometer survyes
Tony Johnson, Oxford Archaeotechnics
(UK)
- Archaeological Remote Sensing Library of Geophysical Imagery
Kenneth L. Kvamme, University of Arkansas
(USA)
- Archaeological Geophysics - US Links
Historic Archaeological Research Inc
(USA)
- Archive of geophysical survey data
by Archeo Prospections, some reports with excavation results (e.g. Schletz)
University of Vienna
(A)
- Archaeological Prospection Reports
English Heritage, Geophysics Section
(UK)
- Archaeologicaland Geophysical Projects
Alistair Marshall
(UK)
- Geophysical Prospection of Archaeological Sites by Examples
Harald von der Osten-Woldenburg, Landesamt fuer Denkmalpflege Baden-Württemberg
(D)
- Time Team
, the popular TV series
Channel 4
(UK)
- Sensors & Software - Archaeology
: GPR surveys for Archaeology
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Research Groups
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Conferences and Courses
- 7th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection
11 - 15 September 2007, Nitra
(Slovakia)
- 6th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection
, 14-17 September 2005, Rome
(I)
- 5th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection
, Cracow, Poland, September 10-14, 2003
(PL)
- Going Over Old Ground
, University of Glasgow Department of Archaeology with Historic Scotland, August 28-30, 2003
- International Conference on GPR in Archaeology
, Nara, Japan, 16-17 February 2001 - Abstracts
- MSc in Archaeological Prospection
, Masters Course, University of Bradford, UK
- 4th Archaeological Prospection Conference
, Vienna, Austria, 19-23 September 2001
- 3rd International Conference on Archaeological Prospection
, Munich, Germany, September 1999 (with abstracts)
- 2nd International Conference on Archaeological Prospection
, Ise, Japan, September 1997
- 1st International Conference on Archaeological Prospection
, Bradford, UK, September 1995 (with abstracts)
- Archaeological Prospection
at EGS-EGU-AUG Joint Assembly 2003
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Documentation
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Archaeological Prospection: Aerial Photography/Remote
Sensing
- DECARS
Dutch Expertise Centre for Archaeological Remote Sensing, especially aerial archaeology.
(NL)
- Aerial Archaeology in France
Jacques Dassie
(F)
- Aerial Archaeology by Remote Controlled Micro Aircraft
Air photographs from a model plane. More photographs can be found in the German section
Prof. M. Schönherr
(D)
- Archaeological Remote Sensing
Dept. of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh
(UK)
- Archiving Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing Data: A Guide to Good Practice
Archaeology Data Service
(UK)
- Aerial Archaeology Research Group
(AARG)
(UK, Web server in A)
- Committee for Aerial Photography
University of Cambridge
(UK)
- Austrian Aerial Photography Archive
, including typical examples
University of Vienna
(A)
- National Association of Aerial Photographic Libraries
NAPLIB a SIG of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society
(UK)
- Archaeology in Baden-Württemberg - A Pilot's View
(i.e. Otto Braasch)
(D)
- Persepolis and ancient Iran
with a large selection of old aerial and terrestrial photographs from Persepolis
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
(USA)
- The Aerial Archaeology Newsletter
Tom Baker, New Mexico
(USA)
- Enhancing the record through remote sensing
D Powlesland, J Lyall and D Donoghue in InternetArchaeology
(UK)
- New Zealand Aerial Archaeology
with clickable map to access many aerial photographs
Kevin Jones, Wellington
(New Zealand)
- Satellite Remote Sensing and Archaeology
Martin Fowler
(UK)
- Satellite Imagery
, a collection of links
University of Bradford
(UK)
- Archaeology Air Photography
Francesca Radcliffe
(UK)
- Royal Comission of Ancient and Historic Monumnets of Scotland
, of Wales and English Heritage
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Geophysics, general
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Electronic Publications
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Conferences
- GPR 2006
11th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar,
June 19-22, Columbus, Ohio
(USA)
- GPR 2008
12th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar,
15-18 June 2008, Birmingham
(UK)
- GPR 2004
10th International Conference on
Ground Penetrating Radar
June 21-24, 2004
Delft, The Netherlands
(NL)
- GPR 2002
9th International Conference on Ground-Penetrating Radar, April 29 - May 2, 2002, SantaBarbara, CA, U.S.A.
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Organisations
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Hardware Companies
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Software Companies
- ArcheoSurveyor
, is a complete package for downloading, assembling, enhancing and saving the geophysical data from a range of instruments.
D W Consulting
(NL)
- GeoSoft
: Oasis Montaj
(CA)
- Golden Software Inc.
: Surfer
(USA)
- Interpex
: geophysics software
(USA)
- Rockware
: various earth science software
(USA)
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Contractors
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Broken Links
If you know the new location of these pages, please submit the URL to
A.Schmidt@Bradford.ac.uk.
- Aerial Photography and Archaeology 2003
Photographs from the conference
University of Ghent
(B)
- Fishbourne Roman Palace
Earth resistance surveys for National Archaeology Days 2004
The Sussex Archaeology Society
(UK)
- The Old Bulawayo Archaeological Project
, including magnetic susceptibility surveys
BUFAU, University of Birmingham
(UK)
- GPR survey of Kurgans in Altai - Kazakhstan
Scientific expedition
Research Study Ligabue, University Trieste
(I)
- Geophysics in Archaeology - A Scrapbook of Worldwide Data
Adam O'Neill, Tanaka Geological Corporation
(J)
- Laboratorio De Prospección Arqueológica
Instituto De Investigaciones Antropológicas - Universidad Nacional Autónoma De Mexico
(MX)
- A Review of Geophysical Methods Used in Archaeology
Jeffrey C. Wynn, Terraplus
(USA/CA)
- Aerial Photographic Archive for Archaeology in the Middle East
Classics and Ancient History, University of Western Australia
(AU)
- The Archaeological RemoteSensing Consortium
with links to conference information, an introductionto remote sensing, data sources, technical guides, software, research projects and research centres
St. Cloud State University
(USA)
- Tatyana Smekalova
, Archaeological Prospection in Russia
Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg
(RU)
- The TTR1 Resistance Survey System
Richard Strathie
(UK)
- Israel: Archaeology from the air
Duby Tal
(Israel)
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