Survey at Wroxeter using carrier phase, differential GPS surveying techniques

Barratt, Glynn; Gaffney, Vincent; Goodchild, Helen; Wilkes, Stephen

doi:10.1002/1099-0763(200006)7:2<133::aid-arp148>3.3.co;2-#

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“…For example, whilst DGPS facilitated faster surveys over larger areas, the Total Station permitted targeted, detailed survey in areas that the DGPS could not be used due to poor satellite coverage (English Heritage 1995:1). Additionally, as was the case at Wroxeter in the United Kingdom, the two methods were used as a 'control check' against each other to ensure assess the accuracy of data collection (Barratt et al 2000). The data provided by these methods not only provided independent information about the nature and extent of topographic and taphonomic features but they also presented a framework into which the next stage of the non-invasive methodology, geophysical survey, was placed.…”

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Holocaust Archaeology: Archaeological Approaches to Landscapes of Nazi Genocide and Persecution

Colls

2012

Journal of Conflict Archaeology

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The landscapes and material remains of the Holocaust survive in various forms as physical reminders of the suffering and persecution of this period in European history. However, whilst clearly defined historical narratives exist, many of the archaeological remnants of these sites remain ill-defined, unrecorded and even, in some cases, unlocated. Such a situation has arisen as a result of a number of political, social, ethical and religious factors which, coupled with the scale of the crimes, has often inhibited systematic search. This thesis will outline how a noninvasive archaeological methodology has been implemented at two case study sites, with such issues at its core, thus allowing them to be addressed in terms of their scientific and historical value, whilst acknowledging their commemorative and religious significance. In doing so, this thesis also demonstrates how a study of the physical remains of the Holocaust can reveal as much about the ever-changing cultural memory of these events as it can the surviving remnants of camps, execution sites and other features associated with this period. By demonstrating the diversity and complexity of Holocaust landscapes, a case is presented for a subdiscipline of Holocaust Archaeology.'I have buried this among the ashes where people will certainly dig to find the traces of millions of men who were exterminated' (Salmen Gradowski in Bezwinska 1973:75) This thesis is dedicated to all those whose lives have been, and will be, affected by the Holocaust. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Section: Field Survey Conclusionmentioning

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Holocaust Archaeology: Archaeological Approaches to Landscapes of Nazi Genocide and Persecution

Colls

2012

Journal of Conflict Archaeology

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“…Most workers have since followed this protocol (e.g. Doody 1993; Barratt et al, 2000;Chapman and Van de Noort 2001;Ainsworth and Thomason, 2003; see also below).…”

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“…Surveyor-grade real time kinematic global positioning systems (GPS) have also been explored for mapping topographic surfaces at archaeological sites and producing DEMs holding great detail. Barratt et al (2000) describe a 35 ha survey at the Roman town of Viroconium (one of the largest urban centers in Roman Britania). Using a series of previously established datums, a direct radio link between a base station and a roving unit allowed differential corrections on the fly, with subcentimetre accuracy.…”

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“…Coupled with this advance is the incorporation of computer graphic techniques for mapping that allow subtle, and even previously unknown, landscape features to be revealed. These methods include (i) extremely dense contouring of the elevation data (using narrow contour intervals of only a few centimetres), (ii) pseudo-three-dimensional views with extreme vertical exaggeration (by several hundred per cent), and (iii) analytical surface shading using light-source angles and directions far surpassing those available in nature (see Newman, 1993;Doody et al, 1995;Barratt et al, 2000;Chapman and Van de Noort, 2001;Kvamme, 2005a). This work has presented high-resolution landscape mapping as a legitimate domain of remote sensing, because it is non-invasive and capable of yielding new information by revealing archaeological features normally undetectable to the human eye.…”

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Robotic total station for microtopographic mapping: an example from the Northern Great Plains

Kvamme

Ernenwein

Markussen

2005

Archaeological Prospection

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Past human activities in cultural landscapes are often expressed by subtle variations in surface topography that reflect buried archaeological features.When seen from the air under low sunlight angles, resultant 'shadow marks' form a cornerstone of site detection in aerial archaeology. Past attempts to quantify and map such variations across large archaeological landscapes have resorted to aerial photogrammetry, electronic totalstations, air-and ground-basedlidar, and kinematic globalpositioning systems. The most commonly used surveying instrument is the total station, but its slow rate of data acquisition makes it poorly suited for collecting vast amounts of elevation data over large areas, althoughit isoftenused for that task.A robotic total station, examined here, is arelativelynew technology that provides a rapid survey solution. It requires only a single person to operate the total station by radio linkage from a control pad affixed to a wheeled reflector rod. As the rod is rolled over the landscape it is automatically tracked, and measurements of surface topography may be acquired to subcentimetre accuracy continuously, at a rate of one measurement per second. A case study from the Double Ditch State Historic Site in the Great Plains of North Dakota, a fortified earthlodge village with culturallysignificant surface expressions, exemplifiesthispotential.Thelociofprehistorichouses, borrow pits, fortification ditches, middens and defensive mounds are clearly revealed in the topographic mapping

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“…Various types of topographic solutions emerged in recent years to acquire detailed high-resolution Digital Elevation Model (DEM) or Digital Terrain Model (DTM), with a positioning accuracy in the cm/mm range, such as total stations (Kvamme et al, 2006;McPherron, 2005), aerial-based Lidar measurements (Baltsavias, 1999;Staley et al, 2006), Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS) (Barratt et al, 2000;El-Mowafy, 2000;Schloderer et al, 2011), and terrestrial Laser Scanners (Flood, 2001;Nagihara et al, 2004;Grasmueck and Viggiano, 2007;Hayakawa and Tsumura, 2009).…”

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Improved high-resolution GPR imaging and characterization of prehistoric archaeological features by means of attribute analysis

Zhao

Forte

Levi

et al. 2015

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Survey at Wroxeter using carrier phase, differential GPS surveying techniques

Cited by 13 publications

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Holocaust Archaeology: Archaeological Approaches to Landscapes of Nazi Genocide and Persecution

Holocaust Archaeology: Archaeological Approaches to Landscapes of Nazi Genocide and Persecution

Robotic total station for microtopographic mapping: an example from the Northern Great Plains

Improved high-resolution GPR imaging and characterization of prehistoric archaeological features by means of attribute analysis

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