GIS Development
ARL and the Department of Anthropology have teamed up to provide near surface geophysical survey and GIS Development services. Stephen Yerka and Dr. Gerald Schroedl coordinate the research in these areas. A full time staff at ARL is available to address questions and assist in the development and implementation of resource surveys, cultural resource databases and near surface geophysical surveys.
Services/Capabilities:
- GIS geodatabase
- Artifact database development
- Archaeological Survey database development
- GPS survey and site documentation
- Detailed cultural resource mapping
- Near surface archaeological prospection
- Predictive modeling
- Cemetery location
- Cemetery recording
GIS and Resource Mapping Equipment
- Laser Transit/ Total Station Survey
- GIS Work Stations running ArcGIS 10
- Large Format Plotter
- Large Format Scanner
- Submeter GPS Units (Trimble Pro XRS, GeoXT, and GeoXH units)

ARL Staff
Stephen Yerka, MA
Daniel Brock, BS
Jessie Duncan, BA
Consulting Staff
Nicholas P. Herrmann, Ph.D., Geophysical Prospection; Bioarchaeology
Gerald Schroedl, Ph.D, Geophysical Prospection; Southeastern and Caribbean Archaeology
Gregory Baker, Ph.D, Earth and Planetary Sciences; near surface Geophysics

ARL Staff
Stephen Yerka, MA
5723 Middlebrook Pike
Room 237
Knoxville, Tennessee
37921-5946
Phone: 865- 974-4618
Fax: 865-946-1883

