Authors
Grøn, OleBoldreel, Lars Ole
Smith, Morgan F.
Joy, Shawn
Tayong-Boumda, Rostand
Mäder, Andreas
Bleicher, Niels
Madsen, Bo
Cvikel, Deborah
Nilsson, Björn
Sjöström, Arne
Galili, Ehud
Nørmark, Egon
Hu, Changqing
Ren, Qunyan
Blondel, Philippe
Gao, Xing
Stråkendal, Petra
Dell’Anno, Antonio
Affiliation
University of CopenhagenCulture & Preservation
University of Tennessee
Archaeological Research Cooperative Inc
Université Libre de Bruxelles
University of Bedfordshire
Unterwasserarchäologie/Dendrochronologie Zürich
East Jutland Museum
University of Haifa
Lund University
Aarhus University
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Länsstyrelsen i Blekinge län
Università Politecnica delle Marche
Issue Date
2021-01-27Subjects
acoustic mappingSubject Categories::F832 Remote Sensing
remote sensing
Stone Age
cultural heritage management
lithic artefacts
underwater archaeology
underwater survey
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Acoustic response from lithics knapped by humans has been demonstrated to facilitate effective detection of submerged Stone Age sites exposed on the seafloor or embedded within its sediments. This phenomenon has recently enabled the non-invasive detection of several hitherto unknown submerged Stone Age sites, as well as the registration of acoustic responses from already known localities. Investigation of the acoustic-response characteristics of knapped lithics, which appear not to be replicated in naturally cracked lithic pieces (geofacts), is presently on-going through laboratory experiments and finite element (FE) modelling of high-resolution 3D-scanned pieces. Experimental work is also being undertaken, employing chirp sub-bottom systems (reflection seismic) on known sites in marine areas and inland water bodies. Fieldwork has already yielded positive results in this initial stage of development of an optimised Human-Altered Lithic Detection (HALD) method for mapping submerged Stone Age sites. This paper reviews the maritime archaeological perspectives of this promising approach, which potentially facilitates new and improved practice, summarizes existing data, and reports on the present state of development. Its focus is not reflection seismics as such, but a useful resonance phenomenon induced by the use of high-resolution reflection seismic systems.Citation
Grøn O, Boldreel LO, Smith MF, Joy S, Tayong Boumda R, Mäder A, Bleicher N, Madsen B, Cvikel D, Nilsson B, Sjöström A, Galili E, Nørmark E, Hu C, Ren Q, Blondel P, Gao X, Stråkendal P, Dell’Anno A. (2021) 'Acoustic mapping of submerged Stone Age sites – a HALD approach', Remote Sensing, 13 (3), pp.445-.Publisher
MDPIJournal
Remote SensingAdditional Links
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enISSN
2072-4292ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3390/rs13030445
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