Collaborative multimethod geophysics at the Prewitt Slave Cemetery, Northport, Alabama

IF 2.1 3区地球科学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Archaeological Prospection Pub Date : 2023-11-20 DOI:10.1002/arp.1919

Claiborne D. Sea, Patricia Kemp, Rachel Cajigas, Elliot H. Blair

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This paper serves to highlight the partnership built between the Prewitt Slave Cemetery Association (PSCA) and the University of Alabama (UA) through the work conducted by the UA archaeological field school at the Prewitt Slave Cemetery (PSC) in Fall 2022. During this collaborative project, the field school students geolocated, recorded and photographed more than 700 above-ground grave markers and conducted a multi-method geophysical survey that included magnetic gradiometry, electrical resistance, electromagnetic induction and ground-penetrating radar. Results from this survey aided researchers in identifying the locations of over 800 marked and unmarked graves. The benefits of the partnership between PSCA and UA were mutual and multiple. First, the data recorded by the UA field school helped the PSCA achieve its immediate goal of identifying unmarked graves, allowing the organization to move forward with efforts to preserve and protect the PSC. Second, the UA field school students gained valuable experience related to proper cemetery study techniques, including geophysical survey, and learned to conduct community-based participatory research in collaboration with descendant communities. Additionally, this project allowed for further research related to the use of multiple methods of geophysical instrumentation for identifying unmarked graves beyond ground-penetrating radar.

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协同多方法地球物理在Prewitt奴隶公墓，北港，阿拉巴马州

本文旨在通过UA考古现场学校于2022年秋季在普里维特奴隶公墓(PSC)进行的工作，强调普里维特奴隶公墓协会(PSCA)与阿拉巴马大学(UA)之间建立的伙伴关系。在这个合作项目中，现场学校的学生定位、记录和拍摄了700多个地面上的坟墓标记，并进行了多方法的地球物理调查，包括磁梯度测量、电阻、电磁感应和探地雷达。这项调查的结果帮助研究人员确定了800多个有标记和没有标记的坟墓的位置。PSCA和UA之间的伙伴关系的好处是相互的和多重的。首先，UA实地学校记录的数据帮助PSCA实现了识别未标记坟墓的直接目标，使该组织能够继续努力保存和保护PSC。其次，UA实地学校的学生获得了与正确的墓地研究技术相关的宝贵经验，包括地球物理调查，并学会了与后代社区合作进行社区参与性研究。此外，该项目还允许进一步研究使用地球物理仪器的多种方法，以便在探地雷达之外识别未标记的坟墓。

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Archaeological Prospection 地学-地球科学综合

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3.90

自引率

11.10%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The scope of the Journal will be international, covering urban, rural and marine environments and the full range of underlying geology. The Journal will contain articles relating to the use of a wide range of propecting techniques, including remote sensing (airborne and satellite), geophysical (e.g. resistivity, magnetometry) and geochemical (e.g. organic markers, soil phosphate). Reports and field evaluations of new techniques will be welcomed. Contributions will be encouraged on the application of relevant software, including G.I.S. analysis, to the data derived from prospection techniques and cartographic analysis of early maps. Reports on integrated site evaluations and follow-up site investigations will be particularly encouraged. The Journal will welcome contributions, in the form of short (field) reports, on the application of prospection techniques in support of comprehensive land-use studies. The Journal will, as appropriate, contain book reviews, conference and meeting reviews, and software evaluation. All papers will be subjected to peer review.