Author Question: The story of the search for Mission Santa Catalina illustrates a. the utility of proton ... (Read 98 times)

HudsonKB16 · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

The story of the search for Mission Santa Catalina illustrates

a. the utility of proton precession magnetometry for finding buried structures.
b. that soil resistivity survey, while sometimes useful, is extremely problematic as it is affected by soil wetness.
c. that ground-penetrating radar was not useful due to the shallowly-buried bedrock on St. Catherines Island.
d. there is no benefit to excavating wells and privies
e. burned daub walls are impossible to locate using proton precession magnetometry

Question 2

A proton precession magnetometer is useful for identifying subsurface magnetic anomalies. Such magnetic anomalies can indicate all of the following EXCEPT

a. the presence of subsurface artifacts.
b. archaeologically irrelevant magnetic noise..
c. burned structures.
d. symbolic meanings of subsurface artifacts
e. size, shape, depth, and composition of archaeological objects