Archeology Case Study
CASE STUDIES
about this project
The utilization of cutting-edge technology to help document Ceremonial Stone Landscape features and ancient sites continues to offer new opportunities. This presentation shows examples of our new capability of combining LiDAR’s above ground features with Ground Penetrating Radar’s (GPR) below ground anomalies. This seamless integration of technologies is a game changer, allowing us to present our data in 3D.
Newport Tower, Rhode Island
In the spring of 2021, NEARA hired The GeoNAV Group to create a 3D LiDAR model and digital twin of the Newport Tower in Newport, Rhode Island. At that same time, NEARA hired Doria Kutrubes, President of Radar Solutions, Inc. in Walton, Massachusetts, to conduct a GPR survey under the Tower. The combined goal was to help NEARA and Newport Tower Museum Director Jim Egan get permission to take samples under the Tower to try to date the Tower via luminescence dating; thus, helping to figure out how old it is and who may have built it.
Newport Tower, RI
This presentation will show you the evolution of our workflow at the Newport Tower, ending with a 3-dimensional presentation of LiDAR’s above ground features with GPR’s below ground anomalies. Tom will close with a short discussion and presentation of a brand-new 3D technology that he just acquired. It will help document and illustrate CSL features and ancient sites in their context.
Thomas Elmore is a Historical Landscape Architect with 38 years of professional experience. In May of 2018, he founded The GeoNAV Group, a 3D LiDAR scanning and mapping business, shortly after purchasing a hand-held mobile LiDAR scanner. His scanning experience is diverse and includes a myriad of buildings, landscapes, underground features, and CSLs. Doria Kutrubes, President and Senior Geophysicist of Radar Solutions, Inc. uses her 40 years of experience in ground penetrating radar (GPR), electrical resistivity, electromagnetic activity, gravity, seismic refraction and tomography, and ultra-sonic methods for solving geotechnical, environmental, infrastructure, and hydrogeologic problems. Tom and Doria have collaborated on numerous projects, and each has presented at conferences highlighting their experiences and capabilities.
