Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 208 pages
- Published by: Tempus October 1, 2003
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0752425560
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0752425566
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Book Dimensions:
9.7 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
- Weighs: 1.1 pounds
Product Description
Thanks to ever more sophisticated technologym archaeologists can identify much that is beneath the soil without having to excavate. From banging the surface of the ground with a pick in the late 19th century, through Atkinson’s revolutionary use of the “Megger–Earth Tester,” to modern-day radar survey, the value of geophysical techniques is lucidly explained with many real–life case studies.
Publisher Description
Thanks to ever more sophisticated technology archaeologists can identify much that is beneath the soil without having to excavate. From Pitt– Rivers banging the surface of the ground with a pick in the late nineteenth century, through Atkinson’s revolutionary use of the “Megger–Earth Tester”, to modern–day radar survey, the value of geophysical techniques is lucidly explained—with many real–life case studies.
Chris Gaffney and John Gater are visiting lecturers at the University of Bradford and associate editors of
The Journal of Archaeological Prospecting. They have been advisers to Channel 4’s
Time Team for ten years, and John Gater appears regularly on the program.
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