ANTH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Random Number Table, Ground-Penetrating Radar, Satellite Imagery
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Depends on research question , size of area and resources: systematic sample. Provides even coverage of entire survey area. Very easy to find locations in the field . Problem: if remains are patterned, all could be totally missed: simple random survey. Survey locations are chosen purely at random (with random number table: stratified random sample. Random number table is used to choose proportaional number of survey locations within each zone. A zone that is 20% of the entire survey receives 20% of the randomly drawn grid squares: we know where, what about how? surface and pedestrian survey) Crew lines up and spaces apart evenly. Crew follows evenly spaced imaginary lines ( transects") across survey area: surface survey. Look for artifacts and features on grounds surface. Identify potential features and other remains under the ground surface. Relies on natural phenomena (electricity, magnetism, radar waves, etc. ) Also know basics of magnetic survey methods. Transmits radar waves into the ground and records reflections.
