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Electrical Resistivity Surveying and Pseudo-Three-Dimensional Tomographic Imaging at Sitio Drago, Bocas del Toro, Panama

  1. Thomas A. Wake1,*,
  2. Alexis O. Mojica2,
  3. Michael H. Davis3,
  4. Christina J. Campbell4,
  5. Tomas Mendizabal5

Article first published online: 18 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/arp.1417

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Archaeological Prospection

Archaeological Prospection

Volume 19, Issue 1, pages 49–58, January/March 2012

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Wake, T. A., Mojica, A. O., Davis, M. H., Campbell, C. J. and Mendizabal, T. (2012), Electrical Resistivity Surveying and Pseudo-Three-Dimensional Tomographic Imaging at Sitio Drago, Bocas del Toro, Panama. Archaeol. Prospect., 19: 49–58. doi: 10.1002/arp.1417

Author Information

  1. 1

    Zooarchaeology Laboratory, The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles

  2. 2

    Laboratorio de Ingeniería Aplicada, Centro Experimental de Ingeniería, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá

  3. 3

    Department of Anthropology, University of Kansas

  4. 4

    Department of Anthropology, California State University, Northridge

  5. 5

    Patronato Panama Viejo, Panama

*T. A. Wake, The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, A-210 Fowler Building, 308 Charles E. Young Drive, North, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095–1510, USA. E-mail: twake@ucla.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 MAR 2012
  2. Article first published online: 18 JAN 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 12 DEC 2011
  4. Manuscript Revised: 2 NOV 2011
  5. Manuscript Received: 16 JUL 2011

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Keywords:

  • Geophysical prospection;
  • electrical resistivity mapping;
  • pseudo–three-dimensional tomographic imaging;
  • archaeology;
  • Sitio Drago;
  • Bocas del Toro;
  • Panama

ABSTRACT

Results of electrical resistivity surveying and pseudo-three-dimensional tomographic imaging at the 15 ha Pre-Hispanic archaeological site of Sitio Drago, Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro province, Panama are presented. The site was occupied between ad 690–1410 and represents the largest known nucleated settlement in the province. A low mound in the centre of the site was selected for intensive electrical surveying in order to locate buried archaeological features. A series of surveys were conducted, including electrical resistivity mapping and pseudo-three-dimensional tomographic imaging. The results revealed a group of resistivity anomalies associated with buried archaeological features. Based on these results, archaeological excavations were targeted that uncovered a cluster of coral slab structures, each containing human remains. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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