Kevin Faehndrich, Michael Rogers, Greg Shear Cesium Magnetometer Surveys at a 1,000-year-old Pithouse Village Site in Southwestern, NM. Kevin Faehndrich, Michael Rogers, Greg Shear Acknowledgements: -University of Nevada – Las Vegas -Ithaca College Physics Ford Research Fund -Ithaca College Dana Internship -Ithaca College summer Faculty salary 11/02/04
Project Goals Identifying magnetic signals associated with extramural features. Identifying magnetic signals associated with pithouses. Testing effectiveness of our surveying method at the Gila Encantada Site 11/02/04
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Project Motivation 11/02/04 Image credit: nature.org/wherewework/fieldguide/projectprofiles/gmh.html 11/02/04
How a Magnetic Survey Works Earth’s local magnetic field Magnetic field of buried object 11/02/04
Cesium Magnetometer Battery Belt Control Unit Sensors 11/02/04
How the Survey was Conducted GBRS Local-X Grid Coordinate (m) 5490 5430 1480 1500 GBRS Local-Y Grid Coordinate (m) 5540 PSD GBRS Local-Y Grid Coordinate (m) 5380 1460 1580 GBRS Local-X Grid Coordinate (m) 11/02/04
Results Figure 1 Figure 2 GBRS Local-Y Grid Coordinate (m) Shaded Relief Plot Figure 2 Image Plot 5490 5490 49200 49160 49120 49080 49040 GBRS Local-Y Grid Coordinate (m) 49000 GBRS Local-Y Grid Coordinate (m) 48960 48920 48880 48840 48800 5430 5430 11/02/04 1480 1500 1480 1500
Surface Plot 11/02/04
Identifying Anomalies of Interest 11/02/04
GBRS Local-X Grid Coordinate Future Projects 1460 1580 GBRS Local-X Grid Coordinate (m) 5380 5540 PSD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13A 13B 14 15A 15B 16 17 18 19a 19b 20 21 22a 22b 23 24 25 26 27 28 GBRS Local-Y Grid Coordinate (m) 11/02/04