Survey Within a Site at Vinca

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Survey Within a Siteat Vinca

• Anna Drury
• Assistant Ashley Bacon
• Section 114

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Geophysical Survey

• Non-destructive
• SITE SURFACE SURVEY
• SUB-SURFACE DETECTION

• Study surface features (sometimes includes
  artifacts).

Photo 1 Renfrew and Bahn

• Now, non-destructive geophysical sensing devices
  are used.

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Help From Computers

• Lessens false effects
• Emphasizes subtle archaeological anomalies

Photo 2 Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Geoelectric Scanning

• a.k.a. Tomography

• distribution of electric resistivity in regard
  to surface depth

Photo 3 Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Electrical Resistivity

• Damper soil ? More likely to reflect results
• Low resistance ? Buried roads? ditches? pits?
• 2 sets of probes remote and mobile
• Measured values electric resistivity

Subcompact Resistivity Meter
?
Photo 4 Terra Plus USA, Inc.
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Electric Resistivity at Vinca
Not the actual tomb from Vinca
Photo 5 Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences
Photo 6 BBC Online News
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References

• Bahn, Paul, and Colin Renfrew
• 2000 Archaeology Theories Methods and
  Practice. New York Thames and
• Hudson Inc.
• Tasic, Nenad. n.d. A Comparative Archaeological
  and Geophysical Research on
• the Vinca Belo-Brdo Site By a Method of
  Geoelectrical Scanning or Geoelectric
• Tomography. Unpublished manuscript.
• Photos
• 1. Bahn, Paul, and Colin Renfrew
• 2000 Archaeology Theories Methods and
  Practice. New York Thames and
• Hudson Inc.
• 2-3. Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 4. Terra Plus USA, Inc.
• 2003 1998 Introducing the Syscal Kid Switch
  24. Electronic document, http//terraplus.net/kid
  24.htm, accessed October 8, 2003.
• 5. Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 6. BBC Online News.
• 1999 UK Northern Ireland 4,000 Year Old Grave
  Uncovered. Electronic Document,
  http//news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/422862
  .stm, accessed October 8, 2003.