1. 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
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2. 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
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14. Project Motivation 11/02/04 Image credit:
nature.org/wherewework/fieldguide/projectprofiles/gmh.html
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15. How a Magnetic Survey Works
Earth’s
local
magnetic
field
Magnetic
field of
buried
object
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16. Cesium Magnetometer
Battery Belt
Control Unit
Sensors
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17. 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)
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18. Results Figure 1 Figure 2 GBRS Local-Y Grid Coordinate (m)
Shaded Relief Plot
Figure 2
Image Plot
5490
5490
49200
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49120
49080
49040
GBRS Local-Y Grid Coordinate (m)
49000
GBRS Local-Y Grid Coordinate (m)
48960
48920
48880
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5430
5430
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1480
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19. Surface Plot
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20. Identifying Anomalies of Interest
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21. 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
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13B 14
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GBRS Local-Y Grid Coordinate (m)
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