Geophysical Archaeology Research Agendas for the Future:Some Ground-penetrating Radar Examples

摘要

directions, buildingonsuccessesinthepast fewdecades.Thebasicsofdata acquisition, processing and interpretation are nowcommonplace, and alongwith a variety of newgeophysical tools and software, readilyavailable tomost dedicatedpractitioners.It isnowtimetomovebeyond thebasicsto developnewareas of research for the comingdecades.Here, we propose some future avenues that can be followed, using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) as an example.One avenue is the application of these techniques to test ideas about culture and history in ways not possible using traditional archaeologicalmethods.Another is the application of sophisticated newequipment and three-dimensional processing methods that can produce greater precision in the products produced, while simplifying data acquisition and revealing more information about buried archaeological features.While we discuss below our ideas with regard to the future of GPR, these basic concepts and future pathways are potentially applicable to the other commonly used near-surface geophysicalmethods.