Acoustic Mapping of Submerged Stone Age Sites—A HALD Approach
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...
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doaj-f716c332763442498551677b48ab57082021-01-28T00:05:07ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922021-01-011344544510.3390/rs13030445Acoustic Mapping of Submerged Stone Age Sites—A HALD ApproachOle Grøn0Lars Ole Boldreel1Morgan F. Smith2Shawn Joy3Rostand Tayong Boumda4Andreas Mäder5Niels Bleicher6Bo Madsen7Deborah Cvikel8Björn Nilsson9Arne Sjöström10Ehud Galili11Egon Nørmark12Changqing Hu13Qunyan Ren14Philippe Blondel15Xing Gao16Petra Stråkendal17Antonio Dell’Anno18Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, 1250 Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, 1250 Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Social, Cultural and Justice Studies, The University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USAThe Archaeological Research Cooperative Inc., Tallahassee, FL 32305, USAAcoustics & Environmental HydroAcoustics Lab, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1050 Brussels, BelgiumUnterwasserarchäologie/Dendrochronologie Zürich, Amt für Stadtebau, 8008 Zürich, SwitzerlandUnterwasserarchäologie/Dendrochronologie Zürich, Amt für Stadtebau, 8008 Zürich, SwitzerlandEast Jutland Museum, 8900 Randers, DenmarkLeon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, IsraelDepartment of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, SwedenDepartment of Archaeology and Ancient History, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, SwedenThe Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, IsraelDepartment of Geoscience, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, DenmarkShanghai Acoustics Laboratory, Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201815, ChinaInstitute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaDepartment of Physics, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UKKey Laboratory for Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, The Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, ChinaLänsstyrelsen i Blekinge län, 371 86 Karlskrona, SwedenDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences (DiSVA), Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM), 60131 Ancona, ItalyAcoustic 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/3/445acoustic mappingcultural heritage managementlithic artefactsunderwater archaeologyunderwater survey |
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Ole Grøn Lars Ole Boldreel Morgan F. Smith Shawn Joy Rostand Tayong Boumda Andreas Mäder Niels Bleicher Bo Madsen Deborah Cvikel Björn Nilsson Arne Sjöström Ehud Galili Egon Nørmark Changqing Hu Qunyan Ren Philippe Blondel Xing Gao Petra Stråkendal Antonio Dell’Anno |
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Ole Grøn Lars Ole Boldreel Morgan F. Smith Shawn Joy Rostand Tayong Boumda Andreas Mäder Niels Bleicher Bo Madsen Deborah Cvikel Björn Nilsson Arne Sjöström Ehud Galili Egon Nørmark Changqing Hu Qunyan Ren Philippe Blondel Xing Gao Petra Stråkendal Antonio Dell’Anno Acoustic Mapping of Submerged Stone Age Sites—A HALD Approach Remote Sensing acoustic mapping cultural heritage management lithic artefacts underwater archaeology underwater survey |
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Ole Grøn Lars Ole Boldreel Morgan F. Smith Shawn Joy Rostand Tayong Boumda Andreas Mäder Niels Bleicher Bo Madsen Deborah Cvikel Björn Nilsson Arne Sjöström Ehud Galili Egon Nørmark Changqing Hu Qunyan Ren Philippe Blondel Xing Gao Petra Stråkendal Antonio Dell’Anno |
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Acoustic Mapping of Submerged Stone Age Sites—A HALD Approach |
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Acoustic Mapping of Submerged Stone Age Sites—A HALD Approach |
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Acoustic Mapping of Submerged Stone Age Sites—A HALD Approach |
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Acoustic Mapping of Submerged Stone Age Sites—A HALD Approach |
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Acoustic Mapping of Submerged Stone Age Sites—A HALD Approach |
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acoustic mapping of submerged stone age sites—a hald approach |
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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. |
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acoustic mapping cultural heritage management lithic artefacts underwater archaeology underwater survey |
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