Some commercial archaeology firms will have resistivity testing device which
measures the electric conductivity of soils.  This device doesn't work well
in brush or woods, but is quite effective at discriminating 'disturbed' soil
in a context of 'undisturbed soil without a lot of root clutter.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Cabell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 6:35 AM
Subject: Lost Graves


Is there any readily available (i.e. inexpensive) technology such a 'ground
penetrating radar' to use in a known graveyard, to locate old (18th century)
unknown graves?  I assume that although long decayed, the dust of bones will
give the ground slightly different density, indicating that the ground has
been disturbed.  We have a couple of old family graveyards in Nelson County,
and the siting of known graves makes it appear that there must be missing
graves.

Randy Cabell

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