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Overview
Archaeological prospection comprises all non-invasive methods and techniques that are suited to detect, locate and investigate archaeological sites. Archaeological prospection involves data acquisistion, data processing, data analysis and archaeological data interpretation.

Archaeological prospection methods
The diverse range of archaeological prospection methods includes traditional archaeological survey techniques, such as Remote sensing techniques, such as Geophysical prospection techniques, such as Geochemical prospection techniques, such as Dowsing is not an archaeological prospection method. Geophysical archaeological prospection refers to the detection of archaeological structures by use of measurements of the physical properties of the earth or the shallow subsurface.
 * Field walking
 * Aerial photography
 * Airborne laser scanning
 * Airborne hyperspectral scanning
 * Satellite imagery analysis
 * Magnetic prospection
 * Earth resistance surveys
 * Georadar / Soil radar / Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
 * Electromagnetics (EM / Slingram method)
 * Seismics
 * Sidescan Sonar / Boomer / Pinger for underwater detection
 * Gravity measurements
 * Thermography
 * Soil phosphate mapping.