by John Hildebrand, Sean Wiggins and Lawrence Conyers
Salinas Cow Manure Project
This is a fun paper that shows how even some of the worst conditions for GPR, can prove to be important with results that the client said were important. One of the very worst GPR projects of all time with collection in the rain and the ground wet cow manure.
2 responses to “Salinas Cow Manure Project”
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This is a report that my colleagues John Hildebrand, Sean Wiggins and I wrote for a client some years ago. It shows that even the worst ground conditions (wet manure) with radar energy attenuation in the saline wet ground, can work out with the correct tools and interpretation.
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In the past, we used to write off entire areas as unsuitable for GPR because of preconceived notions regarding sediments and ground conditions. Now of course, we understand that there’s a lot of nuance: variations that don’t get captured on generalized geology maps, weather conditions that impact the interplay between the subsurface and the radar energy, and of course, the actual archaeological features that may be resolvable even in “poor” sediments. But I really like this article because it highlights another important point: that it’s not just the method, but the user. Oftentimes meaningful data can be acquired with thoughtful data processing and analysis!
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