Archeology Publications

Over the past several centuries, firearms technology burst onto world history and brought about massive changes in the scope and nature of human conflict. They dramatically altered economic adjustments and patterns across the world.

Magnetic susceptibility is an electromagnetic (EM) technique which assesses the ability of soils and the features within it to be temporarily magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field. This effect is called induced magnetism. Researchers interpret these anomalies as target areas for further investigation, or for preservation on culturally sensitive sites.

Electromagnetic induction (EMI) instruments simultaneously measure both electromagnetic conductivity and magnetic susceptibility. Each one can detect and characterize archaeological features. This educational brief on EMI reviews the components of conductivity instruments, how to prepare for their use, methods for data collection, and ways to visualize results.

Earth resistance survey, also known as soil resistance, is a geophysical data collection technique that uses an electrical current to detect the presence of archeological features below the ground surface. Resistance is the property of the soil (conductor) to oppose the flow of an electric current. Learn more about this method that results in detailed two or three-dimensional images of the subsurface environment.

Since 2015, the use of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) has rapidly become one of the primary tools for archeological research, monitoring, and cultural resource management. sUAS, also known as small unmanned aerial vehicles (sUAV), represent an easy and cost-efficient method for acquiring high-resolution imagery. Learn more about these systems and the benefits offered to cultural resource management.

Applications Deadline: February 7, 2022. 2022 Preservation Technology and Training Grants (PTT Grants) are intended to create better tools, better materials, and better approaches to conserving buildings, landscapes, sites, and collections. The PTT Grants are administered by the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT), the National Park Service’s innovation center for the preservation community.

Jason Church speaks with Dr. David Morgan, Director of the National Park Service’s Southeast Archeological Center. Today we are listening to David discuss SEAC’s mission.

Jeff Guin speaks with Eric Schindelholz, a conservator in private practice who specializes in metals and marine archaeological materials. Eric was the principal investigator for a PTT Grant Project that examined methods to dry waterlogged archaeological wood.

Jeff Guin speaks with Carla Schroer of Cultural Heritage Imaging. The non-profit organization recently used a PTT Grant to hold a workshop on 3D digital rock art documentation and preservation.

David Morgan speaks with Graeme Earl of the University of Southampton in the UK about digital survey methods in archeology.