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LOCATING ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES IN MAGNETIC DATA BY CROSS CORRELATION
Author(s) -
ALDER M. J.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1988.tb00442.x
Subject(s) - feature (linguistics) , simple (philosophy) , geology , correlation , computer science , archaeology , data mining , geophysics , mathematics , geography , geometry , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology
Cross correlation is a simple numerical calculation that involves two different data sets and enables a comparison to be made between them. This method is presented as an aid to finding the location of specific archaeological features in magnetic data. A simple example to locate a kiln target is given, and its probable depth estimated. Providing a mathematical model exists for an archaeological feature, its location within geophysical data may be obtained by means of this method.