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A Test of Magnetometry as an Aid to Archaeology*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Glenn A. Black  and
Richard B. Johnston
Glenn A. Black
Affiliation:
Angel Mounds, Newburgh, Indiana
Richard B. Johnston
Affiliation:
Angel Mounds, Newburgh, Indiana
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Abstract

The long-standing interest of the Indiana Historical Society in archaeological methodology has led to a program designed to evaluate the applicability of the proton magnetometer to the location of certain subsurface features. Early trials at the Angel site in southern Indiana, which offers a variety of controlled experimental conditions, have shown that the instrument is capable of detecting the rather slight magnetic anomalies arising from the trench in which the stockade that once surrounded the village was set. While preliminary research has met with some success, a full report of the findings and problems encountered is reserved until completion of the project.

Type
Research Article
Information
American Antiquity , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , October 1962 , pp. 199 - 205
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1962

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Footnotes

*

A modified version of this paper was read by Black at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology at Columbus, Ohio, May 6, 1961.

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