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- Title
Beyond Never-Never Land: Integrating LiDAR and Geophysical Surveys at the Johnston Site, Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park, Tennessee, USA.
- Authors
Henry, Edward R.; Wright, Alice P.; Sherwood, Sarah C.; Carmody, Stephen B.; Barrier, Casey R.; Van de Ven, Christopher
- Abstract
Archaeologists often use near-surface geophysics or LiDAR-derived topographic imagery in their research. However, rarely are the two integrated in a way that offers a robust understanding of the complex historical palimpsests embedded within a social landscape. In this paper we present an integrated aerial and terrestrial remote sensing program at the Johnston Site, part of the larger Pinson Mounds landscape in the American MidSouth. Our work at Johnston was focused on better understanding the history of human landscape use and change so that we can begin to compare the Johnston Site with other large Middle Woodland (200 BC–AD 500) ceremonial centers in the region. Our research allowed us to examine the accuracy of an early map of the Johnston Site made in the early 20th century. However, our integrated remote sensing approach allows us to go well beyond testing the usefulness of the map; it helps identify different uses of the site through time and across space. Our research emphasizes the importance of an integrated remote sensing methodology when examining complex social landscapes of the past and present.
- Subjects
TENNESSEE; GEOPHYSICAL surveys; NEAR-surface geophysics; PARKS; LIDAR; REMOTE sensing
- Publication
Remote Sensing, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 15, p2364
- ISSN
2072-4292
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/rs12152364