A Test of Geophysical Prospecting for the Detection of Prehistoric Canals on the Gila River Reservation, Arizona

This report documents a project to apply geophysical prospecting techniques at known locations of prehistoric canals in the Gila River Reservation. The project goal was to test the ability of several geophysical prospecting techniques to image buried canals in the Gila River floodplain. Four geophysical prospecting approaches were tested: ground penetrating radar, seismic reflection imaging,…