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Archaeological surveying > Resistivity surveys

Preferred term

Resistivity surveys

Definition(s)

In archaeology, method by which buried features can be detected by inserting metal probes into the soil, passing current between them through the soil, and measuring the soil's resistance to the current; buried features have low resistance

Broader concept(s)

Archaeological surveying

Related concept(s)

Measurement

Synonym(s)

Geophysical surveys
RESISTANCE MEASUREMENTS
RESISTIBILITY SURVEYS
Surveys, resistivity

Notation

111503

In other languages

Prospection par résistivité

French

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-N58QRTSJ-F

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