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Abstract
Organizing Archaeological Geophysical Survey and Surface Mapping Data in ArcView
Track: Ecology, Archaeology, and Conservation
Author(s): Nicholas Tripcevich, Arleen Garcia, Nathan M Craig, Elizabeth Klarich, George Herbst
This paper describes preliminary results from geophysical survey and surface mapping aimed at detection of residential architecture at the site of Pukara, Peru. We elaborate on data collection strategies geared toward organization in a GIS. Using ArcView GIS 3.2 we systematically compare results from magnetic and ground penetrating radar surveys as well as mapped surface features. Organizing these sources of data into a common coordinate system significantly improved our ability to interpret the geophysical data. This geographic structuring leads to a more refined understanding of subsurface geophysically identified anomalies and makes them easier to relocate for future excavations.
Nathan M Craig
UC Santa Barbara
University of California
Department of Anthropology
Goleta, CA 93106
USA
Phone: (805) 971-6917
Fax: (805) 893-8707
E-mail: craig@sscf.ucsb.edu