Interpreting
Archeological Ground Penetrating Radar Data:
A Users Work Shop
November 13-15,
2001
University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, Arkansas
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Sponsored by:
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training USDA-Forest Service,
Southern Region
Host: Kenneth
L. Kvamme
Department of Anthropology & Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies
Old Main 330, University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Ph:(501)575-4130; FAX:(501)575-6595
kkvamme@uark.edu
Prerequisite:
All participants must have ground penetrating radar data collection and image
processing experience. Participants are encouraged to bring their own data
sets on CDs.
Overview:
The focus of the workshop is hands-on interpretation of GPR imagery. We will
begin with data collection at a site, then move into the computer lab to process
and image the data. The Workshop will accommodate 35 participants, each at
his/her own computer with networked or preloaded software.
Facilitators:
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Ken
Kvamme (Host). Department of Anthropology and Center for Advanced Spatial
Technologies, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
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Dan
Delea. Geophysical Survey Systems, Inc., North Salem, NH
-
Larry
Conyers. Department of Anthropology, University of Denver, Denver, CO
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Dean
Goodman. Geophysical Archaeometry Laboratory, University of Miami Japan
Division, Japan
Workshop location:
"Red Lab," Room 410, Arkansas Union, University of Arkansas.
Workshop Cost:
Free. Participants are responsible for their food, lodging and campus parking.
- Participants should pay $20 fee for reception dinner.
- A limited number of parking passes will be made available
for $3 for 3 days.
Reception: There will be a Workshop Reception from 6:30-8:30
pm on Tuesday, November 13, at the Ozark Mountain Smokehouse, 215 W. Dickson
Street, about 4 blocks east of campus. The price for the reception is $20. A
cash bar serving beer and wine will be available.
Reaching the Workshop:
Workshop Motels:
Identify yourself as GPR Workshop participant. Book early! There is a home football
game on Saturday, November 17, fans arrive early.
- Radisson: $75. 70 N
East Avenue (6 blocks from campus) 501.442.5555
- Clarion: $74. 1255 S
Shiloh Drive (1 mile) 501.521.1166
- Super 8. $47. 1075 S.
Shiloh Drive (1 mile) 501.521.8866
- Quality Inn $49. 523
S. Shiloh Drive 501.444.9800
Workshop Registration:
Deadline, October 31. You must register in advance to attend. Contact
Kent Schneider, Ph.D., Manager, Heritage Program, USDA Forest Service, 1720
Peachtree Rd NW, Atlanta, GA 30309; email: kaschneider@fs.fed.us;
cell phone: 678-427-7473; office 404-347-7250.
PROGRAM
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13
- 7:30-8:00 Registration,
Coffee & donuts, MEET IN ARKANSAS UNION, ROOM 503!
- 8:00-8:45 Registration
and Workshop Orientation. Introductory remarks, Kent Schneider, Ken Kvamme,
Dan Delea, Larry Conyers, Dean Goodman, MEET IN ARKANSAS
UNION, ROOM 503!
- 8:45 Travel to Field
Site LOCATED AT MOUNT COMFORT CHURCH, SEE
AREA MAP
- 9:00-12:00 Survey
and Sampling Strategies: Collect Field Data. Historic Mount Comfort Church
& Cemetery, Fayetteville
- TOPICS COVERED:
· Grid setup · Setting filters, gain, resolution · Field collection problems
and solutions
- 12:00-1:00 Lunch
- 1:00-5:00 Processing
and Interpretation: Computer Lab. Dan Delea (GSSI) IN
RED LAB, RM. 41O ARKANSAS. UNION
- TOPICS COVERED:
· Background removal, cleaning up the data · Migration · 3D QuickDraw
· Exporting in ASCII format
- 6:30-8:30 Reception at Ozark Mountain Smokehouse,
215 W. Dickson Street (payment required) SEE
AREA MAP
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
14 IN RED LAB, RM. 41O ARKANSAS. UNION
- 8:00-12:00 Processing
and Interpretation: Computer Lab. Larry Conyers
- TOPICS COVERED:
GPR_Process
- 12:00-1:00 Lunch.
- 1:00-4:00 Processing
and Interpretation:Computer Lab. Dean Goodman · GPR Sim
- 4:00-5:00 CAST tour
(optional)
- 5:00-7:00 Dinner/Evening
Break
- 7:00-9:00 Open Computer
Lab. (optional for participant practice with software)
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15
IN RED LAB, RM. 41O ARKANSAS. UNION
- 9:00-12:00 Processing
and Interpretation: Computer Lab. Ken Kvamme
- TOPICS COVERED:
· Other methods and software · SlicerDicer, GIS's like Voxel Analyst ·
North American Database of Archaeological Geophysics (website)
- 12:00-1:00 Lunch.
- 1:00-4:00 Software
Wind-up. Group Discussion by Schneider, Kvamme, Delea, Conyers, Goodman
- TOPICS COVERED:
· Side by side review of what we see from Quickdraw, GPR_Slice, GPR Sim
· Comparison with electrical resistivity and magnetometry findings,
Presenting data to
the customer
- 4:00-4:15 Workshop
Evaluation
