GIS Development and Geophysical Archaeology
ARL and the Department of Anthropology have teamed up to provide near surface geophysical prospection and GIS Development services. Drs. Gerald Schroedl and Nicholas Herrmann 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

  • Total Stations
  • GIS Work Stations running ArcGIS 9.2
  • Large Format Plotter (HP 500ps)
  • Large Format Scanner
  • Submeter GPS Units (Trimble Pro XRS, GeoXT, and GeoXH units)

Geophysical Equipment:

  • GeoScan FM36 Fluxgate Gradiometer
  • GeoScan RM15 Soil Resistivity Meter with multiplexer
  • GSSI SIR-3000 ground penetrating radar (GPR) unit, 400 and 900 mhz antennae
  • Radan and Geoplot software ©
 
ARL Staff
Nicholas Herrmann, Ph.D
Palmyra Moore, BS, MBA
Stephen Yerka, BS
Desiree Ketteringham, BS
Matthew Gage, MA
Consulting Faculty

Gerald Schroedl, Ph.D, Geophysical Prospection; Southeastern and Caribbean Archaeology
Gregory Baker, Ph.D, Earth and Planetary Sciences; near surface Geophysics

 
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