Innovative ground‐penetrating radar methods for archaeological mapping

The three-dimensionalcomplexityofground-penetratingradar (GPR) data can be one ofits strengths, as multiple factors are included in''cubes''of radar wave reflections. These parameters are time that can be converted to depth, wide bands of wave frequency that are capable of differing feature resolu- tion and wave amplitudes that are a function of material differences at buried interfaces. When GPR data are filtered and corrected to enhance aspects of these factors, many otherwise invisible buried featuresbecomevisibleintheresultingmapsandimages.Thiscanallow forburiedarchaeologicalfea- ture resolution even in the most cluttered and noisy urban environments, as demonstrated by GPR maps from Santa Fe,New Mexico.Copyright � 2006 JohnWiley & Sons,Ltd.