Archaeometrics (Geophysical Testing + GPs + GIS)

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Undergraduate
ASM 494   Landscape Evolution (3 credits)
ASM 494   Mapping Environmental Change (3 credits)
ASM 494   Geophysical Testing (3 credits)

Graduate
ASM 591   Geophysical Testing (3 credits)
ASM 591   Landscape Evolution (3 credits)
ASM 591   Mapping Environmental Change (3 credits)

GIS, GPS and geophysical survey methods are revolutionizing archaeology by allowing researchers to "see" beneath the ground surface; map features and landscapes with unprecedented speed and accuracy; and process and analyze spatial data in powerful and creative new ways.  This course will give you hands-on practice in these methods within the context of an on-going landscape-scale research project in the Lower Illinois River Valley.  Students will conduct geophysical testing using ground penetrating radar, soil resistivity, magnetic gradiometry and other methods, and collect GPS data with survey-grade instruments.  Each student will complete a research project using GIS to incorporate and analyze multiple datasets. 

Sample Course Syllabus

Instructors: Gregory Vogel, Arizona State University and the Center for American Archeology; Ken Kvamme, University of Arkansas; Fred Limp, University of Arkansas