Understanding the built environment at the Seneca Iroquois White Springs Site using large-scale, multi-instrument archaeogeophysical surveys

作者：Gerard Little Peregrine A^*; Rogers Michael B; Jordan Kurt A

来源：Journal of Archaeological Science, 2012, 39(7): 2042-2048.

DOI：10.1016/j.jas.2012.03.011

• Ground-penetrating radar
• Cesium magnetometry
• Seneca Iroquois
• Landscape-scale
• Cultural entanglement
• Mixed method

A landscape-scale conception of the circa 1688-1715 CE Seneca occupation at the White Springs Site (NYSM 1952; RMSC Plp-018), located in Geneva, NY, is important for understanding their built environment during a period of residential upheaval. This paper reports on approximately five hectares of high-resolution, multi-instrument archaeogeophysical surveys. These surveys allowed engagement with layered, temporal contexts and the gathering of otherwise inaccessible information. In combination with excavation, surface survey, and historic research, archaeogeophysical techniques provided expanded access to the site, a settlement size estimate of 1.42-2.75 ha, and tentative evidence for a palisade at the White Springs Site. The interplay between archaeogeophysics and other techniques was critical to this undertaking.

• 出版日期2012-7